Apple’s Siri updates announced at the WWDC event organized in June 2024 may not come as soon as expected. According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, Apple may not be able to include these new features in iOS 18.4 due to software problems. In the tests carried out within the company, the postponement of some of the updates came to the agenda since it was found that Siri’s new capabilities did not work decisively. As a result, Siri’s expected improvements can be presented to users in May with 18.5 at the earliest iOS. Since Apple has not yet given a definite date, it is also possible that these innovations will extend to a further date.
Apple has announced three important features to make Siri more talented. The first of these stands out as the ability to understand personal context. With the support of Apple Intelligence, Siri will be able to analyze emails, messages, photos, calendar events and other personal data to offer users more customized answers. “What movie did Jamie offer me?” When answering a question in the form, he will be able to find the right answer by scanning the user’s messages. On the other hand, by analyzing the information contained in the documents, he will be able to detect a command such as ç add my passport number here ”and remove the information about the related information from the registered photo.
Another innovation announced by Apple was that Siri became sensitive to the content on the screen. In this way, Siri will be able to analyze the data on the user’s screen and do directly related operations. For example, when a friend offered you a coffee shop with a message, “How long will I go there on foot?” If you ask the question, Siri will be able to create directions by referring to the message.
Reasons for delay of Siri improvements
Finally, Siri is aimed to offer a more effective integration with applications. Users will be able to replace the color settings in the photos by giving a command in the form of “Make this photo brighter”. At the same time, with an instruction such as çi Add this image to my recipe ”, it will complete the process by making a smooth transition between Siri applications. Although all these features show Apple’s progress in the field of artificial intelligence, the tests within the company reveal that the new Siri does not reach the desired determination.
According to Apple’s information so far, Siri updates are planned to be available gradually for 2025. However, it is seen that a significant portion of these new capabilities, which are expected with iOS 18.4, will be delayed. Since the tests within the company reveal that Siri should be developed to a large extent, Apple is said to not rush this process.
This postponement seems to affect Apple’s overall strategy. Because when the beta version of iOS 19 started in June, the company continues to deal with the unpredictable updates of the previous version, causing a decrease in resources to be allocated to new projects. While the uncertainty about when and in what part of Siri’s new capabilities will be offered to users, Apple is expected to focus on the field of artificial intelligence in 2024.