Apple said on 3 November 2026 that any developer can now connect their app to Siri AI, the rebuilt, more conversational version of its assistant. Access comes through a new Developer Preview that ships with the iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and visionOS 27.3 betas.
Until now, apps could hook into Siri for a fixed set of tasks. The preview widens that to every app and to the newer abilities of Siri AI. Apple says the features will reach customers in a few months, and that developers will be able to submit their Siri AI experiences to the App Store from the spring.
The details
- App Intents for any app: an app can expose its own content and custom actions, and Siri AI can run them when a user asks in everyday language. Apple's examples include tracking a delivery, making a booking and placing an order.
- Access to Siri AI's newer abilities: understanding of personal context, awareness of what is on screen, and natural-language requests.
- Skills: a new way to teach Siri AI to chain several actions together to handle a more complicated request.
- Wider search: Siri AI can now bring up any item stored in the Spotlight semantic index, rather than only items that match a predefined schema.
Apple's own apps go first
Apple has started adding the new capabilities to a long list of its built-in apps, among them Mail, Messages, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Photos, Maps, Safari, Music, Files, Finder, Preview, Journal, Weather and Shortcuts. The company gives two sample requests: finding a coffee shop a user went to the previous week, and archiving files nobody has opened for more than a year. These built-in actions are meant to serve as reference examples for developers.
Apple says thousands of developers already offer some Siri integration today, for jobs such as directions, to-do lists, messaging and audiobooks.
Who gets it and when
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Beta platforms | iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS 27.3 |
| Devices | Requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled device set to a supported language |
| Languages now | English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish |
| Languages coming | Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese |
| Not available | In the EU on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS; for users under 13 |
On the EU, Apple says it is working with regulators to find a way to offer Siri AI there. It also notes that features which run on its servers, including Siri AI, Image Playground and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts, carry daily usage limits, and that extra access will cost a fee in the future.
Support for developers
Apple has published new documentation on the APIs and on how to test an app's experience with Siri AI. Its engineers are holding Apple Intelligence Group Labs sessions on 4 and 5 November for developers who want to ask questions.
What is still unknown
Apple has not yet published the terms and usage policies that will govern apps built on Siri AI; it says more details will follow. It has also not given a firm date for the public release beyond "a few months", or said how much the paid tier of server-based features will cost.
Announced by Apple on its developer news page: read the announcement
