{"id":45516,"date":"2026-02-16T02:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/the-long-awaited-siri-upgrade-is-being-delayed-yet-again\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:41:18","slug":"the-long-awaited-siri-upgrade-is-being-delayed-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/the-long-awaited-siri-upgrade-is-being-delayed-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The long-awaited Siri upgrade is being delayed yet again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dataconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1115916.jpg\" alt=\"The long-awaited Siri upgrade is being delayed yet again\" title=\"The long-awaited Siri upgrade is being delayed yet again\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple announced the delayed launch of an AI\u2011enhanced Siri, originally slated for iOS 26.4 in March, after software testing issues forced a staggered rollout extending into the May iOS update and possibly iOS 27 in September.<\/p>\n<p>Apple introduced Apple Intelligence in 2024, positioning it as a platform for generative AI across its devices and promising an upgraded Siri that would incorporate advanced language models.<\/p>\n<p>Since the announcement, Apple has repeatedly deferred the Siri update, extending the timeline by roughly a year and a half, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman.<\/p>\n<p>The original schedule linked the new Siri to the iOS 26.4 release in March; current guidance indicates a phased deployment, with some capabilities moving to the May iOS update and others possibly delayed until iOS 27 in September.<\/p>\n<p>Apple cited difficulties encountered during internal software testing as the primary factor prompting the additional postponement.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors suggest the revamped Siri will function similarly to large\u2011language\u2011model chatbots, allowing conversational interaction without launching a separate app, and that its underlying engine will be Google Gemini.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured image credit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple announced the delayed launch of an AI\u2011enhanced Siri, originally slated for iOS 26.4 in March, after software testing issues forced a staggered rollout extending into the May iOS update and possibly iOS 27 in September. Apple introduced Apple Intelligence in 2024, positioning it as a platform for generative AI across its devices and promising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technologies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}