It’s been quite a while since Apple has been promising a new and improved, AI-powered Siri. The idea first floated back in 2024 when Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence. Over the past year and a half, the release date for this next-generation Siri has been continuously pushed further.
However, last month, Mark Gurman’s Bloomberg report gave Apple fans some good news, as he reported that Apple was planning to convert Siri into a full AI chatbot, codenamed “Campos”, with deeper integrations across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
At the time, Gurman noted that some Siri upgrades would begin rolling out with iOS 26.4, while the full AI chatbot experience would likely arrive with iOS 27. The idea was to make Siri more like a conversational AI assistant powered by Google Gemini, without requiring users to download a separate app. Well, sadly for Apple fans, that timeline now appears to have slipped further.
“Campos” project stumbles: Siri’s full AI upgrade delayed once more
Today, Gurman reported for Bloomberg, noting that the iOS 26.4 updates expected in March will only include partial improvements, with some features postponed to the May iOS update. Others may not arrive until iOS 27, which is due sometime in September. Apple apparently ran into testing challenges while integrating Gemini with Siri, prompting the staggered rollout.
The changes are designed to make Siri function more like the modern large language model (LLM) chatbots that have swept the tech world. Users will eventually be able to converse naturally with Siri, with context-aware responses across apps and devices. The delay, however, points to the technical complexity of baking this AI layer deeply into Apple’s ecosystem.
No wonder, it’s been a long road for the Siri team. Between internal setbacks, ambitious feature goals, and now extended testing timelines, Apple’s decision to pursue a full-fledged AI assistant has proven challenging. That said, iOS 26.4 and May’s patch could offer early glimpses of the chatbot-first Siri experience before the full rollout later this year.
