The AI-powered Siri is still on track for 2026

Apple is obviously facing significant hurdles with the development of its own AI-powered Apple Intelligence and the upgraded virtual assistant Siri. The company first announced Apple Intelligence during WWDC 2024, but failed to deliver. On top of that, Mark Gurman reported that the upgraded Siri won't make it into the iOS 26.4 update later this year, due to issues that came out during internal testing.

However, that story was based on an internal report by one of Apple's employees. A company executive was asked about this by CNBC and the answer was simple yet reassuring: "Still on track to launch in 2026."

We tend to believe a high-ranking exec more than a rumor online. And even though 2026 sounds rather vague, it's probably safe to assume that the Siri update will indeed arrive after iOS 26.4, likely alongside the iPhone 18 series launch.

We recently reported on Apple's change of plans regarding the AI-powered Health+ service, which won't launch and instead, the company will break it down into separate features, which will be released gradually over time for the existing Apple Health. This indicates that there's restructuring going on, which in turn might be causing the delays we speak of.

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