GoKawiilA new iOS is on the way, and big changes are coming with it. According to a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple's Siri app in iOS 27 will get an auto-delete option for chats and will also rely heavily on Google's Gemini for its AI chatbot operations.
The tweaks could be announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, kicking off on June 8, and launched in September alongside Apple's new products.
Siri will be a major focal point for Apple this year, along with potentially entering the foldable phone marketplace and a major AI camera overhaul. Launched in 2011, Siri is available on iPhones and other Apple devices, helping with basic tasks, like making calls or texts, asking for information or managing a smart home. This year, the company will pivot Siri toward an AI chatbot to rival others such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude and xAI's Grok. Gurman previously reported that Siri will become a standalone app as it transitions to a generative AI assistant chatbot.
Writing in his Power On newsletter, Gurman said customers will be able to choose to have Siri chats auto-delete after a set period. In settings, customers can decide whether to keep chats for 30 days, one year or forever. iPhone users already have a similar feature in their messaging app, allowing them to adjust their settings to automatically delete text messages after 30 days or a year.
A representative for Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Siri's AI privacy gamble
With the iOS 27 upgrade, Siri will rely heavily on Gemini, which is among the leaders in the AI chatbot race, Gurman said. Apple's AI has generally lagged behind Google, OpenAI and Anthropic in both functionality and scope, perhaps intentionally and certainly without detriment to its revenues.
Gurman suggested that Apple, which avoids using raw customer data to train its AI, might now "allow Google to handle some of its security protections." Currently, Apple Intelligence -- the company's AI system -- generates AI responses using customer data, either on-device or via the company's Private Cloud Compute, which is designed to keep customer data private.
Apple "had no other option" but to use Google's AI for Siri, Gurman wrote. "While Apple has maintained that it wants to keep user protections while also delivering AI, it feels like the general population is starting to realize that privacy requires trade-offs," he said.
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