If you don't like using Siri, this iOS 27 feature may change your mind
Big Tech Apple If you don't like using Siri, this iOS 27 feature may change your mind Apple Intelligence makes Siri actually useful, thanks to some major changes. 21, 2026 1:30 pm EST Filipe Espósito for Engadget Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover It's easy to forget how impressive Siri was when it was unveiled back in 2011. But as time passed, Siri never really evolved and even struggled with basic tasks.
- ▪Big Tech Apple If you don't like using Siri, this iOS 27 feature may change your mind Apple Intelligence makes Siri actually useful, thanks to some major changes.
- ▪21, 2026 1:30 pm EST Filipe Espósito for Engadget Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover It's easy to forget how impressive Siri was when it was unveiled back in 2011.
- ▪But as time passed, Siri never really evolved and even struggled with basic tasks.
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Big Tech Apple If you don't like using Siri, this iOS 27 feature may change your mind Apple Intelligence makes Siri actually useful, thanks to some major changes. By Filipe Espósito Sept. 21, 2026 1:30 pm EST Filipe Espósito for Engadget Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover It's easy to forget how impressive Siri was when it was unveiled back in 2011. But as time passed, Siri never really evolved and even struggled with basic tasks. Chances are you've asked it to play a song or set an alarm, only to have it search the web for your request. If you haven't been a fan of Siri for a while, iOS 27 might change your mind. The original Siri was limited: it could only respond to commands it had been programmed to handle.
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