Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
If you’ve been waiting to try Apple’s revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can. The company on Tuesday released the iOS 27 public beta, giving iPhone owners early access to its AI-powered assistant and other new features before the software’s official launch this fall.
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Apple is releasing a redesigned AI-powered version of its Siri voice assistant to the public through an iOS beta, marking the first time the updated assistant is available to everyday users beyond developers. The new Siri can access information on a user's device like emails and photos, respond to what appears on screen, and integrate with the phone's search function, positioning it as Apple's answer to other AI chatbots. This public beta release is significant because with billions of active Apple devices worldwide, it represents the largest test of Apple's redesigned AI assistant to date. The upgraded Siri runs on Apple Intelligence, which uses foundation models that operate on the device itself rather than storing personal data on Apple's servers.
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