Apple Responds to U.S. Class Action Lawsuit Over Delayed Siri Features

Apple connected Thursday filed a motion to disregard a consolidated U.S. class enactment lawsuit related to delayed Siri features, according to tribunal documents reviewed by MacRumors.


The delayed Siri features volition beryllium powered by Apple Intelligence, which was heavy advertised for the iPhone 16 models released past year.

The plaintiffs said they ne'er would person purchased an iPhone 16, oregon would person paid less, had they known Apple's selling surrounding the delayed Siri features was false. In response, Apple's lawyers said the hold of conscionable 2 Siri features — contextual consciousness and in-app controls — cannot enactment the lawsuit's wide-ranging claims.

"Plaintiffs kick astir the timing of merchandise of 2 features, contempt the near-two twelve Apple Intelligence features that person already been delivered," said Apple's lawyers.

"This constricted hold cannot enactment Plaintiffs' sweeping claims," the lawyers argued.

Apple's lawyers said determination are galore issues with the complaint, arsenic it is filed, and they said the delayed Siri features bash not represent a breach of warranty.

By purchasing an iPhone 16, each of the plaintiffs person "benefitted from camera improvements, enhanced silicon and accrued performance, upgraded displays, and galore different hardware and bundle improvements," including much than 20 Apple Intelligence features that were already available anterior to the lawsuit, the lawyers said.

In July, Apple CEO Tim Cook said his institution was "making bully progress" connected the Siri features and aimed to merchandise them "next year."

Apple archetypal announced the personalized Siri features during its WWDC 2024 keynote, but successful March it announced they were delayed. The promised capabilities volition see amended knowing of a user's idiosyncratic context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls. For example, Apple showed an iPhone idiosyncratic asking Siri astir their mother's formation and luncheon preservation plans based connected info from the Mail and Messages apps.

Apple advertised the Siri features in merchandise presentations, on its website, in a TV commercialized starring histrion Bella Ramsey, and elsewhere.

Apple is reportedly aiming to merchandise the features as portion of iOS 26.4, successful March oregon April adjacent year.

The lawsuit is Landsheft v. Apple Inc., successful the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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