Two years after announcement, Apple’s new Siri to still launch in ‘beta’ with fresh privacy features: Report

Key points

• Apple's long-delayed Siri overhaul is finally expected to arrive with iOS 27, but even after more than two years since its announcement, the new features could be labelled as ‘beta’ when they first arrive with the new iPhones later this year.
• The company is also said to be planning some privacy-focused features for the upcoming Siri app in order to make the chatbot stand out from rivals.
• iOS 27 privacy features in Siri: Mark Gurman in an earlier report noted how the new Siri app would work similarly to other chatbots on the market, where users would be able to ask questions to the AI assistant, search conversations, and have past chats saved as memory.
• In his latest report, Gurman notes that the Cupertino-based tech giant may have given Google the rights to Siri's "brains" through its AI partnership, but the company still has a few tricks up its sleeve,...