Apple reportedly pushes Siri toward agentic tasks with third-party app control

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, CEO John Ternus is pushing AI chief Craig Federighi to speed up the Siri roadmap and deliver an AI agent that can compete with rival products. Federighi has already shipped a working version of Siri AI on a short timeline, but Apple does not believe it is keeping pace with competitors.

The first expected upgrade gives Siri finer control over Apple's first-party apps, such as rotating and cropping images in Photos and organizing Safari tabs, and is expected with iOS 27.3. A bigger change, integration with third-party apps, is likely later in the spring and could let Siri place a Grubhub order or book an OpenTable reservation.

Gurman also reports that Apple wants Siri to handle ongoing tasks rather than one-off requests, tracking goals and pursuing them without a user starting each step. The Verge's Terrence O'Brien believes Apple could make Siri more agent-like as early as next year.

If Siri gains app control and goal tracking, developers may eventually reach users through a system assistant as well as through their own interfaces. The timing is still based on reporting, so teams should treat these Siri features as unconfirmed and avoid building around them yet.