Apple Settles Siri AI Lawsuit for $250 Million, No Wrongdoing Admitted

Apple reached a $250 million settlement on Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of misleading customers about artificial intelligence capabilities for its Siri voice assistant. The agreement was filed in California federal court and covers owners of roughly 36 million to 37 million iPhones purchased in the United States.

Eligible buyers of iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPhone 16 models bought between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025, stand to receive at least $25 per device, with payouts potentially rising to $95 depending on the total number of claims submitted.

The settlement includes no admission of wrongdoing by Apple. It resolves allegations that the company promoted soon-to-arrive Siri enhancements when marketing the iPhone 16 in 2024, even though a more personalized version of the assistant has not been fully released. The lawsuit was filed last year by the Clarkson Law Firm in the Northern District of California.

A revised complaint for the consolidated class was submitted last week. Plaintiffs asserted that Apple promoted AI capabilities that did not exist at the time, do not exist now, and will not exist for two or more years. Apple previewed several AI-powered features, including an advanced Siri, at its annual developer conference in June 2024.

The company has since gradually introduced tools such as Visual Intelligence, Live Translation, Writing Tools, Genmoji, and Clean Up. The full enhanced Siri is now expected later this year, most likely at the company's conference next month. An Apple spokesperson said the lawsuit centered on the availability of two additional features within a broader Apple Intelligence rollout.

"Since the launch of Apple Intelligence, we have introduced dozens of features across many languages that are integrated across Apple’s platforms, relevant to what users do every day, and built with privacy protections at every step," the spokesperson stated.