For years, Siri has been the assistant people ask to set alarms, check the weather or call someone.
But Apple wants its voice assistant to do much more than answer simple questions.
According to a new report based on information from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is developing a more autonomous version of Siri capable of completing tasks across different applications.
The goal is to move from an assistant that responds to individual instructions toward one that can understand broader objectives and decide how to accomplish them.
Imagine telling Siri to organize a weekend trip.
Instead of asking it separately to search for restaurants, check your calendar and identify suitable activities, a future version could potentially coordinate those steps on its own.
Apple is reportedly working on improving Siri’s ability to interact with apps, manage information and remember the tasks users want to accomplish.
Some nearer-term improvements are expected to involve deeper control over Apple’s existing applications.
That could include editing photos, organizing Safari tabs and performing more actions directly inside the operating system.
Support for more complex tasks involving third-party apps is also reportedly being developed.
The longer-term ambition is something often described as agentic AI: software that can plan and carry out a series of actions rather than responding to one question at a time.
Apple is facing increasing competition from AI companies developing assistants with similar capabilities.
And although Siri has already received significant AI upgrades, the company is reportedly working to close the gap with its competitors.
But there’s an important distinction between Apple’s existing features and what is being developed.
The fully autonomous assistant described in the report hasn’t been launched, and the company hasn’t confirmed exactly when those capabilities will become available.
Still, the direction is clear.
The next generation of AI assistants may be judged less by how well they answer questions and more by how much work they can actually complete.
