Siri AI Delay in the EU: What Apple Says and What's Confirmed

Siri AI Delay in the EU: What Apple Says and What's Confirmed Apple gave EU iPhone and iPad users a concrete reason to notice the Digital Markets Act earlier this month: Siri AI will not be available on iOS 27 or iPadOS 27 in any of the 27 EU member states when those releases ship later this year, with no timeline for when that changes, according to Apple's newsroom. Apple's marketing chief Greg Joswiak escalated that framing this week, calling the Siri AI EU launch delay the "most serious negative outcome yet" of the Digital Markets Act, Euractiv reported. That is Apple's characterization, not a settled verdict. Two things are confirmed: the product delay is real, and Apple says the European Commission rejected every proposed fix. What remains unverified is Apple's account of why the Commission has not publicly confirmed or rebutted the specific claims Apple is making about the negotiations or about what the DMA actually requires. What follows covers what EU users and deve