# Siri
Latest news and articles about Siri
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Apple Readies iOS 26.4 Beta and Early Spring Hardware Push — Siri, AI and MagSafe Move Down the Lineup
Apple is reportedly preparing an iOS 26.4 developer beta the week of Feb 23 that will include parts of a new Siri, and plans a product event the week of Mar 2 unveiling an iPhone 17e, a new A18-powered entry iPad with Apple Intelligence, and an M4-upgraded iPad Air. The moves signal Apple’s strategy to push AI features and accessory monetisation into broader parts of its product line while maintaining competitive entry pricing.
Apple to Seed Siri Upgrades and New Hardware in Late February–Early March, Gurman Says
Mark Gurman reports Apple will release the first iOS 26.4 developer beta the week of Feb 23 with partial Siri enhancements, followed by a hardware push the week of March 2. Planned devices include a $599 iPhone 17e with new chip and MagSafe tweaks, an entry iPad with A18 and Apple Intelligence, and an iPad Air upgraded to M4 silicon.
Apple’s AI Brain Drain Deepens as Researchers Jump to Meta and DeepMind
Apple has lost at least four AI researchers — Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang and Zirui Wang — who have joined Meta and Google DeepMind, following a recent departure of a senior Siri executive. The departures highlight a fierce talent competition in AI and raise concerns about Apple’s ability to rapidly scale advanced large‑model capabilities while maintaining its product and privacy constraints.
Apple to Recast Siri as a System‑Level Chatbot — Powered by Google’s Gemini Under the Hood
Apple will relaunch Siri as a system‑level, conversational AI called "Campos," to be unveiled at WWDC in June and shipped with iOS 27 in September. The assistant will be multimodal and deeply integrated with system apps, but its underlying model will be a customised Google Gemini running on Google Cloud and TPUs, a pragmatic deal that raises privacy, competition and strategic‑dependency questions.