The Vergecast discusses early experiences with Apple's updated Siri AI, which appears to be significantly improved and functional, potentially changing the landscape for AI assistants.
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<p class="has-text-align-none">You'd be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between "sort of useful at a few things" and "utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer." But the wildest thing just happened: Apple <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/942416/apple-siri-ai-update-wwdc">put out a new version of Siri</a>, and it actually <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/947432/siri-ai-apple-intelligence-ios-27-wwdc">seems to be pretty good</a>.</p>
<p class="has-text-align-none">On <a href="https://pod.link/vergecast">this episode of <em>The Vergecast</em></a>, David and Nilay talk about their early experiences with Siri AI, and what it means for users, and the rest of the AI industry, for the iPhone's built-in assistant to be good enough at most things. There's very little about Siri AI that feels bleeding edge or brand new, but …</p>
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# Siri is good now??
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David Pierce
is editor\-at\-large and Vergecast co\-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech\. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired\.
You’d be forgiven for thinking this day would never come\. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between “sort of useful at a few things” and “utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer\.” But the wildest thing just happened: Apple[put out a new version of Siri](https://www.theverge.com/tech/942416/apple-siri-ai-update-wwdc), and it actually[seems to be pretty good](https://www.theverge.com/tech/947432/siri-ai-apple-intelligence-ios-27-wwdc)\.
On[this episode of*The Vergecast*](https://pod.link/vergecast), David and Nilay talk about their early experiences with Siri AI, and what it means for users, and the rest of the AI industry, for the iPhone’s built\-in assistant to be good enough at most things\. There’s very little about Siri AI that feels bleeding edge or brand new, but it*works\.*And that might change everything\.
After that, they talk about the changing winds in social networking, as[Instagram](https://www.theverge.com/tech/947898/meta-instagram-your-algorithm-main-feed-tell),[Bluesky](https://www.theverge.com/tech/948215/bluesky-communities-at-protocol-atmosphere-reddit), and[YouTube](https://www.theverge.com/streaming/948256/youtube-brings-back-private-messaging-feature-availability)all announced new features designed to make their huge ecosystems feel a little smaller and a lot more personal\. Group chats have been replacing public posts for a while now, but is the era of the Twitter feed really over? After that, it’s time for the Hype Desk, Brendan Carr is a Dummy, and a lightning round filled with news about[the Trump Phone](https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/948262/trump-phone-t1-ifixit-teardown-htc-u24-pro),[Claude Fable](https://www.theverge.com/news/946725/anthropic-releases-claude-fable-5-mythos),[solar energy](https://www.theverge.com/science/948276/solar-has-overtaken-coal-in-the-us-for-the-first-time), and[a surprisingly good deal](https://www.theverge.com/tech/947574/att-unlimited-day-pass-ipad-data-plan)for iPad users\.
In case you missed it this week: We also[livestreamed our initial reactions](https://www.theverge.com/podcast/946064/vergecast-live-wwdc-300-et)to WWDC, went deep on[Steve Jobs’ career arc and legacy](https://www.theverge.com/podcast/947222/todays-vergecast-how-steve-jobs-became-steve-jobs), answered[all your WWDC questions](https://www.theverge.com/podcast/948039/wwdc-2026-faq-vergecast), and tried to figure out[whether YouTubers are the future](https://www.theverge.com/podcast/948659/youtube-backrooms-hollywood-vergecast)of movie theaters\. And we want to hear all your thoughts about all of it\! Call the Vergecast Hotline at 866\-VERGE11, send us an email at vergecast@theverge\.com, and tell us everything that’s on your mind\. And make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss an episode\!
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- David Pierce
Apple announced significant Siri AI improvements at WWDC, including screen understanding, conversation memory, cross-app search, and integration with Google's Gemini, though initially English-only.
Apple unveiled a major overhaul of Siri at WWDC 2026, transforming it from a voice assistant into a conversational AI chatbot called Siri AI, with capabilities like web grounding, device context, and a dedicated app.
Apple announced 'Siri AI' at WWDC, a more conversational voice assistant with deeper integration across apps and personal context, rolling out this fall alongside Google-powered AI model updates.
Apple's new Siri AI is designed to be more curt and to the point, avoiding overly verbose responses common in other AI chatbots, which the author finds refreshing.
Apple's upgraded Siri AI can now successfully add events from emails and flyers to the calendar, answer context-aware questions, and use information from email and calendar, though it still lags behind Google's Gemini. The update is built on Gemini models but has Apple's proprietary architecture.