Delayed improved Siri: Apple responds to class action lawsuit
Since Apple won't be launching its context-sensitive voice assistant and other AI features until next year, lawsuits have ensued. Apple wants to prevent them.
Apple logo: Time and again, class action lawsuits – this time also because of Siri.
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Apple has demanded the dismissal of a class action lawsuit in which users are demanding monetary compensation for the delayed context-sensitive Siri. The new AI functions should have been released last spring but are now not expected to arrive until the first few months of 2026. Apple was sued several times as a result: on the one hand by customers who claim to have purchased an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone because of the new feature, but also by shareholders who believe that the postponement may have led to a slump in Apple's share price.
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The class action lawsuit to which Apple has now responded (5:25-cv-02668-NW at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose) is about false advertising promises. The proceedings combine several class actions filed in various US courts.
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In their “Motion to Dismiss,” which was submitted to the court at the end of September, Apple's legal advisors write that the delay of just two functions cannot support the plaintiffs' “far-reaching allegations.” This is because “nearly two dozen Apple intelligence features” have been released regularly, such as Image Playground, writing tools, Genmoji, AI-supported prioritization of notifications, and more. Apple had also stated from the outset that the AI functions would be released gradually and “continue to evolve”.
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In addition, users of the iPhone 16 would have benefited from “camera improvements, enhanced chips and improved performance, updated displays, and numerous other hardware and software improvements,” among other things. Among other things, the plaintiffs had cited an Apple TV ad in which the new features were already shown “live.” Apple now writes that the plaintiffs could not have “generally relied on Apple's 'advertising' or'marketing'”.
In addition, they would have relied in part on claims in the lawsuits that did not originate from Apple. Apple's lawyers also do not believe that Apple's actions were “unfair,” thus possibly distorting competition. Apple had also not illegally enriched itself from customers and had not broken any warranty promises. It remains to be seen how the case will proceed. The court has at least several months to decide whether to dismiss the class action or allow it to proceed.
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