Apple confirms your iPhone won’t be getting this key Apple Intelligence feature until next year

2 min readUpdated May 24, 2025Mar 10, 20256:52 AM

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Apple has announced that some of its planned artificial intelligence enhancements for Siri, its well-known voice assistant, will not be available until 2026, pushing back the initial rollout. This adjustment means certain features designed to make Siri more personalized and capable of handling tasks across various apps will require additional development time.

The company released a statement explaining that their work on a more context-aware Siri, capable of understanding and acting on user-specific information within and between applications, is proving more complex than initially anticipated. Apple had previously indicated these features would be introduced in 2025. Now, users will have to wait longer to experience these advanced capabilities.

Siri helps our users find what they need and get things done quickly, and in just the past six months, we’ve made Siri more conversational, introduced new features like type to Siri and product knowledge, and added an integration with ChatGPT. We’ve also been working on a more personalized Siri, giving it more awareness of your personal context, as well as the ability to take action for you within and across your apps. It’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver on these features and we anticipate rolling them out in the coming year.

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These planned improvements are part of Apple’s broader “Apple Intelligence” initiative, which includes a range of AI-driven features. Among the most anticipated are those that would allow Siri to interact more seamlessly with data stored on Apple devices. For instance, imagine asking Siri to find a podcast recommendation from a friend or to retrieve flight details sent by a family member. These actions would rely on Siri’s ability to access and process information directly from the device.

To support these AI features while maintaining user privacy, Apple has been developing a new cloud computing infrastructure powered by its own chips. This infrastructure is designed to process data in a way that respects user privacy, a core principle for the company. The complexities of building and refining this system, while also enhancing Siri’s capabilities, appear to be contributing to the delay.

“It will be interesting to see how Apple manages to deliver these features in the future, and how they balance privacy and functionality.”

This delay was actually first reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman last month, explaining that the company had been running into issues when it came to getting them working as expected in iOS 18.4, which is expected to roll out in April. He also predicted the possibility of a delay until iOS 18.5, which is expected in May. However, with a delay until next year, it is now looking like the delay is more serious than originally thought.

While this news is disappointing, I believe Apple users would prefer the launch of a finished product, rather than an unfinished one with the potential to compromise user privacy. It will be interesting to see how Apple manages to deliver these features in the future, and how they balance privacy and functionality.

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Questions & Answers

What is the primary reason given for the delay in Siri's advanced features?

Apple stated that developing a more context-aware Siri, capable of understanding and acting on user-specific information across various applications, is proving more complex than initially anticipated. This requires additional development time.

Which specific Apple Intelligence features are being delayed?

The delay affects advanced Siri enhancements designed to make it more personalised and capable of handling tasks across various apps. These include features that access and process data directly from the device.

When were these specific Siri features initially expected to be introduced?

Apple had previously indicated that these advanced Siri features, part of the broader Apple Intelligence initiative, would be introduced in 2025. Users will now have to wait until 2026.

What is contributing to the complexity of rolling out these AI features?

The complexities of building and refining a new cloud computing infrastructure, powered by Apple's own chips and designed to process data while maintaining user privacy, are contributing to the delay in enhancing Siri's capabilities.

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