Siri: Multiple commands in a row – more AI for shortcuts

It remains unclear whether iOS 26 will still receive the long-awaited context-sensitive Siri. However, it is becoming increasingly clear what Apple is planning for iOS 27 regarding artificial intelligence. According to a Bloomberg report, it should be possible, among other things, to combine multiple commands that the voice assistant will then process one after another – something that is currently impossible.

Chaining Siri commands together

With a single prompt, for example, one could create a calendar entry, check the weather, and send a message. Siri can handle so-called follow-up requests that refer to a previous query, but only barely. Apparently, Google's Gemini models are to help Apple better understand Siri prompts.

According to Bloomberg, the new feature is part of iOS 27, macOS 27, and so on, which are expected in the fall. The introduction is planned for the WWDC developer conference in June, for which Apple has already announced new AI features. Siri turns 15 this fall and has been massively lagging behind "real" chatbots for years. Direct competitors like Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa have also fully embraced this trend. Most recently, initial improvements for Siri were expected for iOS 26.4, but that did not happen. iOS 26.5, which is in beta, also contains no new features so far. Currently, it looks like Apple is saving the new AI features for iOS 27 & Co.

New iOS Keyboard and AI Shortcuts

Other innovations likely include a dedicated Siri app and deeper system integration of the voice assistant. Apple is also working on a new iPhone and iPad keyboard that supplements autocorrect with a selection of alternative terms – using AI and similar to correction services like Grammarly. However, according to Bloomberg, it is not yet clear whether this will actually be implemented. Finally, there is said to be a new Siri Extensions function to integrate external providers into the system – allegedly more extensively than what is currently possible in ChatGPT.

According to another report, the Shortcuts function is also to be improved as part of iOS 27. Since iOS 26, it has been possible to access Apple Intelligence features within Shortcuts, but now it should also be possible to generate shortcuts with the Apple models themselves, requiring less manual effort. Voice commands in natural language should then replace clicking together within the Shortcuts app. This is evident from backend code, as Macrumors reports. It is said to be a kind of "shortcut generator".

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