US Update: With iOS 27.3, the Siri AI floodgates are about to open

Macworld With the new OS 27.3 betas (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS), Apple is finally making good on one of those old Apple Intelligence features it first promised back in 2024.

When Apple announced Apple Intelligence and all its fancy new features, one of the most important aspects was personal context, its ability to perform actions and access data across all your apps.

A massive expansion of “App Intents,” the feature would allow developers to make their apps work with Siri by making some of the content or data accessible and allow users to perform actions in those apps with natural language.

According to a post on Apple’s developer site, Siri AI is finally going to realize this vision with the 27.3 beta releases: Today’s preview allows any app to bring its content and actions directly into Siri AI by using App Intents, making it easier for all apps to tap into Siri AI’s newest capabilities, including personal context understanding, onscreen awareness, natural language, and more.

So people can just ask for help in their own words, and Siri AI carries out any custom action you’ve built, from checking a delivery to booking a reservation to placing an order.

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