Apple Is Pushing to Turn Siri Into an AI Agent, Gurman Says

Apple wants Siri to stop waiting for your next command. CEO John Ternus is pushing software chief Craig Federighi to speed up Apple’s AI roadmap, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on Sunday.

The target is an agent that can compete with OpenAI’s Dots and Meta’s Muse, as The Verge sums it up.

If your customers book, order or track things in an app, the part for you is third-party app support, expected in the spring.

What’s coming, and when

Gurman expects two steps. Neither is the full agent.

First, the iOS 27.3 beta gives Siri fine control over Apple’s own apps. Think enhancing a photo, sorting Safari tabs, tidying Files folders or unsending an iMessage, as iClarified reports.

Gurman thinks that part could reach everyone as early as December, with the public iOS 27.3.

Then come your apps. Support for other companies’ apps is likely to land in the spring, Gurman says, so Siri could place an Uber Eats order or book you a table through OpenTable.

What does an agent add on top of that?

• Today’s Siri handles one request at a time, even a long one.
• An agent keeps your goal in mind, works out what needs to happen next and keeps going, so you don’t have to start each step yourself or come back to check on it.

Gurman thinks Apple could get Siri there “as early as next year.”

Why Ternus is in a hurry

Gurman also says Apple has no illusions that it’s keeping pace with its rivals.

Of course, Federighi did ship a working Siri AI on a very short timeline. But Ternus wants a real agent, and sooner.

On Apple’s November 2 earnings call, Ternus called agents promising. He also said you must understand the access you grant, and that security and privacy need protecting.

What Apple has already built

So what’s ready? Two pieces have surfaced so far:

• A password tool, shown at WWDC 2026, built to visit websites and change your weak or leaked passwords. It was in early iOS 27 betas, then vanished.
• An unfinished Siri memory graph in beta code, meant to link your people, places and routines. It has no release date.

What we checked

On 9 November we read Apple’s developer note from 3 November, which neither report links.

• Any developer can connect an app to Siri AI through App Intents, in the iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS 27.3 betas.
• Apple also added skills, which chain several of your app’s actions into one request.
• Apple will share terms and usage policies later.

Apple says it ships to customers “in a few months,” and App Store submissions open in the spring. That matches Gurman.

Why it matters

Running an app that takes orders or bookings? This is your window.

Picture your customer asking Siri for a table at 8pm on a Friday, from the car, without opening an app. Siri can only finish that job in apps that have built the action.

My read: the first apps with clean Siri actions will pick up the easy orders. So ask your developer to try App Intents in the beta now, while you can still shape it.

Website only? Don’t panic. Uber said AI agents booked just four rides in its latest count.

That’s tiny, so you have time.

Still, I’d keep your booking flow short and your site fast. Whichever assistant your customers end up using, it’ll go for the business that’s easiest to deal with.

That said, the basics in our AI search guide help you with any of them.

One honest caveat: the agent part is Gurman’s reporting. Apple hasn’t dated it.

So plan for the spring step first.

Common Questions

When will Siri work with third-party apps?

Apple says App Store submissions for Siri AI app integrations open in the spring, and Gurman expects third-party app support to reach users in the spring too. Developers can already test Siri AI app integrations in the iOS 27.3 betas.

What is App Intents?

It’s Apple’s framework for exposing an app’s content and actions to Siri and the system. With the new preview, Siri AI can run any custom action a developer builds, like checking a delivery or placing an order.

Is Apple building a Siri agent?

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple wants Siri to pursue goals on its own and could make Siri more like an agent as early as 2027. Apple itself hasn’t announced an agent version of Siri.