Apple speeds up development of agentic Siri AI, plans third-party app integration for spring 2027
According to Bloomberg, Apple CEO John Ternus is pushing to speed up the development of Siri AI so it can compete with the Dots, Muse, and Grok agents. Fine-grained control of Apple's own apps arrives with iOS 27.3, while integration of third-party apps (Grubhub, OpenTable) is planned for spring 2027.
According to Bloomberg (Mark Gurman), Apple CEO John Ternus is pushing Craig Federighi, who is in charge of AI, to speed up the development of Siri AI. According to the source, the company has no illusions that it is keeping pace with the competition. Two improvements are set to arrive in the coming months: fine-grained control over Apple's own apps (e.g. rotating and cropping photos in the Photos app, organizing tabs in Safari), which is part of iOS 27.3, and later, according to Gurman in spring 2027, integration with third-party apps — Siri AI could then, for example, place an order via Grubhub or book a table via OpenTable. Gurman adds that Apple wants Siri AI to become an agent capable of tracking goals and continuing tasks without user intervention after each step, similar to competing Dots from OpenAI, Muse from Meta, and Grok.
This development follows the already launched iOS 27.3 update, which Apple released as a Developer Preview. As part of it, third-party developers can integrate new Siri AI features into "all apps" — the assistant can use the user's personal context, process natural language, and perceive on-screen content. The new "app skills" feature allows developers to combine several tasks into a single action, without the user having to mention the app name in the request.
Apple is also extending these capabilities to 14 of its own apps, including Calendar, Files, Finder, Journal, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Notes, Photos, Preview, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts, and Weather.
Why it matters
For iOS app developers, a new way of interacting with users via the voice assistant is opening up, including combining multiple tasks into a single action. For companies in the ordering and reservations space, the planned integration (specifically Grubhub and OpenTable) represents a potential new distribution channel, though according to sources not until spring 2027. The internal pressure from Apple's leadership to speed things up suggests that competition from agentic assistants from OpenAI, Meta, and xAI is forcing the company to change its priorities faster than planned.
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CEO John Ternus is pressuring Craig Federighi to speed up the Siri AI roadmap; iOS 27.3 will add finer-grained control of Apple's own apps (rotating and cropping photos in Photos, organizing Safari tabs); Integration of third-party apps (Grubhub, OpenTable) is planned for spring 2027; Apple wants to create an agent capable of ongoing tasks and autonomously determining next steps; Competitors Dots, Muse, and Grok already have similar agentic capabilities
- CEO John Ternus is pressuring Craig Federighi to speed up the Siri AI roadmap
- iOS 27.3 will add finer-grained control of Apple's own apps (rotating and cropping photos in Photos, organizing Safari tabs)
- Integration of third-party apps (Grubhub, OpenTable) is planned for spring 2027
- Apple wants to create an agent capable of ongoing tasks and autonomously determining next steps
- Competitors Dots, Muse, and Grok already have similar agentic capabilities
Two audiences, two different impacts
What this means
For individuals
Third-party app developers can already test Siri AI integration into their apps now in the Developer Preview of iOS 27.3, while full support for specific actions (ordering, reservations) in third-party apps won't arrive until spring 2027.
For a business
Companies offering ordering or reservations (sources name Grubhub and OpenTable) will, according to the plan, gain a new distribution channel via voice commands in Siri AI starting spring 2027, if Apple keeps to the schedule.
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