Apple is testing a standalone implementation of the overhauled Siri

Apple’s efforts Rebuilding its Apple Intelligence AI platform It will debut at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8th. A new version of Siri that turns the voice assistant into a “system-level AI agent with deep cross-app integration” will be announced at WWDC 2026, According to a new report from BloombergMark Gorman.

The updated version of Siri will be better able to control apps and other features of iOS and macOS and complete user-requested tasks using their personal data collected from emails, messages and notes. It will also be better at summarizing daily news than Apple News and will be able to offer “more detailed web-sourced responses, including summaries, bullet points, and images,” according to Gorman, to make it more competitive with other AI-powered search tools including Perplexity and Google Gemini.

Siri will still be accessible using voice commands or using the iPhone’s power button, but Apple is also testing a dedicated Siri app that will be available on its various devices. The app will finally help give Siri conversational capabilities through a chat-like format similar to the interface used by Apple Messengers. The app will provide users with a dedicated place to find their past interactions with Siri, search past chats, start new conversations, switch between voice and text modes, and upload documents and images for analysis.

Apple is testing several potential new designs for Siri, including placing the assistant at the top of the iPhone screen in a Dynamic Island, prompting users to “Search or Ask” upon activation. Once the results are ready, the Siri interface will expand into a larger, transparent panel that can be expanded to continue the conversation or make additional inquiries. The company is also expanding the capabilities of its Spotlight search system by replacing it with Siri so it can access more types of data, while built-in apps will get an “Ask Siri” toggle in menus that will make it easier for users to “request or pull up more information about highlighted text.”
Even relevant emails.