{"id":405644,"date":"2026-03-26T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/405644\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:16:11","slug":"apple-plans-to-allow-siri-to-access-multiple-ai-assistants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/405644\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Plans to Allow Siri to Access Multiple AI Assistants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> plans to allow other companies\u2019 artificial intelligence (AI) assistants to be accessed from within its Siri<\/a>\u00a0voice assistant, so users can choose which service to query, Bloomberg\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0Thursday (March 26), citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

This feature, dubbed \u201cExtensions,\u201d will be part of the updated Siri that is set to be part of Apple\u2019s upcoming iOS 27 operating system, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Apple did not immediately reply to PYMNTS\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n

According to the Bloomberg report, Apple already allows Siri to tap into\u00a0OpenAI<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0ChatGPT<\/a>, exclusively. The reported change would allow the voice assistant to tap into other services as well, making the iPhone a more powerful AI platform and allowing Apple to gain additional revenue from third-party app subscriptions via its\u00a0App Store<\/a>, the report said.<\/p>\n

To enable these options, Apple will allow AI chatbot apps installed via its App Store to integrate with Siri, per the report.<\/p>\n

This feature is planned, but it could change or be rescheduled, the report said.<\/p>\n

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Apple said in a Monday (March 23) press release that it will share its advancements in\u00a0artificial intelligence<\/a>\u00a0at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC<\/a>), which the company will host online June 8-12.<\/p>\n

\u201cWWDC26 will spotlight incredible updates for Apple platforms, including AI advancements and exciting new software and development tools,\u201d Apple said in the release.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday (March 24)\u00a0that\u00a0Apple plans to unveil the new Siri on the first day of WWDC, June 8, and that the updated voice assistant will be more like an AI agent and will interact in a conversational way through both text and voice.<\/p>\n

Apple and\u00a0Google<\/a>\u00a0announced in January that they had formed a\u00a0partnership<\/a>\u00a0and that the next iteration of Apple\u2019s Foundation Models will be based on Google\u2019s Gemini and cloud tech. These models will help power new features for Siri and other tools that use Apple Intelligence, the company\u2019s AI system.<\/p>\n

According to Thursday\u2019s report by Bloomberg, the new Extensions feature would not affect this partnership. The partnership with Google involves the underlying technology for Siri, while Extensions would allow users to query Google\u2019s Gemini service along with other AI assistants, per the report.<\/p>\n

Apple and OpenAI announced in June 2024 that they had partnered to integrate ChatGPT into iOS, macOS and iPadOS, enabling ChatGPT to tag in when Siri taps out. PYMNTS reported at the time that while Apple was starting with ChatGPT, \u201cit promises to play nice with other\u00a0AI models<\/a>\u00a0down the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

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