Apple is pushing its Siri team to make the assistant more capable, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. He reports that CEO John Ternus is pressing AI chief Craig Federighi to speed up the Siri roadmap and build an AI agent that can compete with OpenAI's Dots or Meta's Muse. Gurman's report says Apple has delivered a working version of Siri AI on a short timeline but does not believe it is keeping pace with rivals.
Two improvements are expected in the coming months. The first gives Siri finer control over Apple's own apps, such as rotating and cropping images in Photos and organizing Safari tabs. Gurman says those features are expected with iOS 27.3.
The second change is integration with third-party apps, which Gurman expects in the spring. That would let Siri do things like place an order through Grubhub or book a dinner reservation through OpenTable.
Gurman also says Apple wants Siri to handle ongoing tasks, not only single requests. He writes that Dots, Muse and Grok can track goals, decide what comes next and keep pursuing objectives without the user starting each step. He says he believes Apple could make Siri more like an agent as early as next year.