❯ Apple eyes proactive Siri as early as next year and revises iOS 28 development process

Following goals into actionBloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple wants Siri to operate more like an agent that can keep pursuing tasks, potentially as early as 2027. Such an assistant would track goals, determine the next action and continue working in the background. The implementation and release timing remain under development.

Pressure to move fasterGurman says CEO John Ternus recently met privately with software chief Craig Federighi and urged faster progress on the software roadmap and AI capabilities beyond Siri improvements. Personalized Siri, delivered with iOS 27, improved understanding and the use of personal information. The next ambition is to reduce how often users must issue a separate command for each step after setting an overall objective.

More room to exploreApple is also changing the first development milestone for iOS 28 and other systems. The usual four weeks of development and four weeks of integration become six weeks of coding, exploration and feature work followed by two weeks of integration. That gives engineers more room to experiment, while Apple’s existing frameworks, including App Intents, offer a potential foundation for connecting application functions and cross-app actions.

▮ SIGNALApple already has frameworks connecting application functions, making its next Siri challenge the orchestration of complete tasks users are willing to delegate.