Apple Releases Overhauled Siri at WWDC 2026 With Expanded Device Support

Apple introduced an overhauled version of its AI-powered voice assistant Siri at its 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. The update arrives two years after the company first promised a smarter Siri at WWDC 2024. The new Siri will be available through iOS 27 on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, all iPhone 16 models and later.

It will also run on iPad mini models with the A17 Pro chip, iPad models with M1 or later, MacBook Neo models with the A18 Pro chip, Mac models with M1 or later, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch Series 10 or later, Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, and Apple Watch SE 3 when paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone.

Apple presented many of the Apple Intelligence demonstrations in a “live-like” pre-taped format that showed a person holding a phone and using voice commands or buttons while a second camera captured the device’s response. These clips differed from the fully produced videos used at WWDC 2024 to unveil Apple Intelligence and the original new Siri.

Apple stated at the 2024 event that the announced features would reach users who upgraded to iPhone 15 Pro and newer devices with M1 chips or better. By March 2025 the company told Daring Fireball that delivering those features would take longer than expected.

A federal lawsuit alleging false advertising over the 2024 announcements followed, and last month Apple agreed to pay a $250 million settlement without admitting wrongdoing.

The 2026 keynote also included fully produced videos showing how to adjust Siri’s voice and demonstrating improved voice-to-text transcription. Additional announcements covered fixes to last year’s Liquid Glass design, improvements to the search function, and enhancements to the Playground feature.

Comments posted on X on Monday compared the 2026 demos to the 2024 presentations that some users had labeled vaporware.

The current iPhone model is the iPhone 17.