Gurman: ‘More conversational’ Siri upgrade in iOS 19 running behind schedule, more

According to the latest edition of the Power On newsletter, Apple is facing multiple major hiccups in its AI rollout. While that isn’t a surprise, it does mean that many of its roadmapped features are being delayed, and technical challenges are resulting in certain features, including the ‘more conversational’ Siri update – shipping later. Conversational Siri delays Late last year, Gurman reported that Apple was working on an all new ‘LLM Siri’ for iOS 19. This system would merge the two backends for Siri that we currently have today, into one new and unified architecture. Currently, Siri has two entirely separate backends: one for simpler requests and one for more complex requests. Luckily, ‘LLM Siri’ and its new architecture is still on track to launch with iOS 19. However, it was supposed to be accompanied by a more conversational approach, something more like ChatGPT. Gurman says that is running behind schedule, and will no longer be unveiled in June. Furthermore, Gurman says t ... Read full article.