Starting with the iOS 27.3 beta on November 3, any developer can connect an app to Siri AI through App Intents. Apple says it ships to customers in a few months; App Store submission opens in spring.
Apple opened Siri AI to every developer on November 3. Starting with the iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and visionOS 27.3 betas, any app can bring its content and actions into Siri AI. Customers do not get these app integrations yet. Apple says they ship “in a few months,” and App Store submission for Siri AI experiences opens in spring.
If you run a team on iPhones, there is nothing to install or switch on today. This is a developer preview, and the apps your team uses will add support on their own schedules.
What developers can do now
Per Apple’s developer news post, apps connect to Siri AI through App Intents, the framework they already use for Shortcuts and Spotlight. Apple lists four pieces:
- App Intents for Siri AI. An app exposes its content and actions. Users ask in their own words, and Siri AI carries out custom actions such as checking a delivery, booking a reservation or placing an order. Apple says Siri AI uses personal context and onscreen awareness.
- Skills. A new way to teach Siri AI to combine several actions into one flow for complex requests.
- Spotlight entities. Siri AI can surface any entity in the Spotlight semantic index, not only ones that fit an existing schema.
- Apple’s own apps. Apple says Siri AI capabilities are rolling out across Calendar, Files, Finder, Journal, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Notes, Photos, Preview, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts and Weather.
According to 9to5Mac, the first version of Siri AI supported only a small set of predefined schemas. Opening it to any app is the change. 9to5Mac also describes cross-app requests drawn from Apple’s documentation: Siri finds an item in one app, hands it to another and performs an action there. And you may not need to name the app. If a ride-sharing Live Activity is running, a request to change the ride address can apply to that app.
What stays the same for now
- Requirements. An Apple Intelligence device set to a supported language: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish. Apple lists Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish and Vietnamese as coming soon.
- Not in the EU. Siri AI is unavailable on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS there. Apple says it is working with the EU on a path forward.
- Age. Not available to users under 13.
- Daily limits. Apple says server-side Apple Intelligence features, Siri AI included, have daily limits that vary by feature, request complexity and demand. Expanded access “will be available for a fee in the future.” Apple has not given a price. Its limits page has the current terms.
- Terms not published. Apple says it will share terms and usage policies for Siri AI experiences later.
Developers can read the Siri AI developer preview documentation. Apple is holding two labs with its engineers on November 4 and 5.
What this means for a remote team that lives on iPhones
The useful change comes later and comes from your vendors. Siri AI is only as good as the apps that plug in. Your calendar, expense, ticketing and delivery apps decide whether a spoken request works end to end. Watch the release notes of the three or four apps your team opens daily over the next few months.
Plan for a usage cap. Apple already says Siri AI has daily limits and a paid tier is coming with no price. If you were thinking of building a workflow around heavy voice use, hold off until Apple publishes the numbers.
Check data handling before you roll it out. Siri AI acts on personal context and what is on screen. If your team handles client data on company phones, ask your device-management admin to review Apple’s terms once they are published before you encourage staff to use it with work apps.
Don’t put the beta on a work phone. It is a developer beta. Install it only on a spare device.
I have not tested any of this. The page reports what Apple announced and what 9to5Mac reported.
For earlier Siri AI changes, see Siri AI in iOS 27.2 and the redesigned Health app in the iOS 27.3 beta.