Gurman says, Apple Plans an Agent Siri for 2027, but China Must Wait

Apple wants Siri to act on its own, and the change could come as early as next year. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported the plan in his Power On newsletter on November 8. His sources say Apple could make Siri work “more like an agent” in 2027.

Pretty clear what apple wants to do. They want to match Chat GPT Dots, Meta Muse and Grok. These tools track a user’s goals. They pick the next step and keep working without a prompt for every action. Siri does not do that today. It waits for a request and then answers it.

An agent handles a task from start to finish. It does not stop after one reply and It can keep working in the background and report back later. Gurman says Apple wants Siri to head that way. He also reports that Apple CEO John Ternus pushed software chief Craig Federighi on the point in a closed meeting.

Treat this with care. The report rests on unnamed sources and a single newsletter. Apple has announced nothing yet.

The gap is real. Dots, Muse and Grok already work between conversations. Some of them run on their own virtual machines. The rebuilt Siri AI, which uses Google’s Gemini models, still answers one request at a time. Apple is following here, not leading. Its rivals will not wait for it.

The wording is also soft. “As early as next year” leaves plenty of room for a delay.

The Weibo source says the Chinese version of Siri must first finish its basic functions. Only then will it move to the full version. That fits earlier reports. Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in mainland China in December with iOS 27.3. Siri AI will not be part of it. Apple executives are reportedly not hopeful about a quick launch there.

Regulation is the main reason. The Chinese version runs on a model trained with help from Alibaba. Local rules still limit what Apple can ship.

For Chinese iPhone owners, an agent Siri is far off. They are still waiting for basic features that US users have had for nearly two years.

Do not buy an iPhone for agent features that do not exist yet. Apple usually shows new iOS software at WWDC in June. A reveal there in 2027 would fit that pattern. No date is confirmed. Until Apple speaks, treat the plan as a goal, not a product.