This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: the latest rumors on Siri’s AI upgrades, foldable iPad and iPhone models, and next year’s A20 chips. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
Siri progress raising ‘concerns’ among internal iOS 26.4 testers
Over the weekend, Mark Gurman reported at Bloomberg on what he’s hearing regarding the progress of Siri’s long-awaited AI upgrades.
He writes:
there are concerns from people testing iOS 26.4 — the OS version slated to include the new Siri — about the voice assistant’s performance.
No other details were shared, just speculation that Apple’s AI divisions will see major shake-ups if Siri doesn’t meet expectations.
My takeaways
Siri’s AI delays have certainly been frustrating. And I’m concerned about what all of the internal AI team departures are doing to Apple’s prospects here.
But those things aside, I’d be pretty surprised if Siri’s iOS 26.4 features end up having big performance issues.
Not only has Apple chosen to take significant time trying to get things right, but reporting indicates the company is concurrently testing its own LLMs against third-party alternatives to power the new Siri features. Even if Apple’s own models come up short, I’m confident that with third-party backing, Siri’s upgrades should turn out fine.
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