Some Apple Employees Have 'Concerns' About iOS 26.4's Revamped Siri

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iOS 26.4 is expected to present a revamped mentation of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence, but not everyone is satisfied with however good it works.

In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said immoderate of Apple's bundle engineers person "concerns" astir the overhauled Siri's performance. However, helium did not supply immoderate circumstantial details astir the shortcomings.

iOS 26.4 volition apt beryllium released successful March oregon April, truthful Apple inactive has astir 5 to six months to amended immoderate lingering issues with the dependable assistant.

When it first previewed the caller Siri astatine WWDC 2024, Apple said it would person 3 main capabilities: on-screen awareness, idiosyncratic context, and in-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.

The caller Siri was initially expected to debut with iOS 18.4 past year, but Apple delayed it. In July, Apple CEO Tim Cook said his institution was making "good progress" connected the much personalized Siri, and helium said the features were connected way to motorboat adjacent year. However, if issues persist, past adjacent an iOS 26.4 motorboat mightiness not beryllium guaranteed.