GoKawiilIt’s safe to say that the Gemini-powered Siri and Apple Intelligence features won’t arrive in beta this month. iOS 26.5 beta 1 was released right on schedule. However, the upgraded AI features are not included.
No new Siri and Apple Intelligence features in iOS 26.5
To recap, Apple announced Apple Intelligence in June 2024. It shipped a lot of the features it showed off as part of iOS 18.1, iOS 18.2, iOS 18.3, and iOS 18.4.
Personal Intelligence, however, never made the iOS 18 release cycle. Neither did the kind of in-app action and on-screen awareness features that Apple originally announced.
iOS 26 came after iOS 18 as Apple changed the versioning system to reference the year ahead.
Now it looks like iOS 27 may be the first time we see Gemini-powered Siri and Apple Intelligence features.
Today’s iOS 26.5 beta 1 includes no new Siri and Apple Intelligence features. Apple could still surprise us in a future beta, but all signs point to putting everything inside iOS 27.
The first iOS 27 beta is a little over two months away. Still, if Apple felt like its Gemini-powered features would be in good shape before iOS 27.0’s release in September, an update to iOS 26 could deliver them before fall.
The issue may just be that Apple wants more time to continue developing these new features. Instead, it’s putting all its AI cards on the table with iOS 27, it seems.
Upgraded Siri and Apple Intelligence are coming this year
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