iOS 27’s new AI voice controls could finally make Siri feel smart

发布时间：2026-05-21来源：TechRadar

Apple’s Siri assistant is due a sizeable upgrade this summer

Apple has unveiled AI features for its Voice Control accessibility tool

This could hint at agentic powers coming to Siri in iOS 27

Apple

is widely expected to relaunch Siri at its

Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC)

on June 8, powering up the virtual assistant with long-overdue

artificial intelligence (AI)

smarts. We don’t know exactly how all of those new features will work yet, but Apple might have just given us a fascinating demo that hints at potential

agentic capabilities

for Apple’s devices.

That clue came as part of Apple’s recent round-up of

new accessibility features

powered by

Apple Intelligence

. Apple described the announcement as a “preview,” which suggests the features might arrive as part of

iOS 27

later this year.

While Apple revealed many upcoming features, one has caught the eye more than the others. It’s called Voice Control, and as the name suggests, it lets you operate your Apple device simply by speaking to it. This feature itself isn’t new, and previously, you had to be quite specific, remembering the exact name or location of the on-screen element you wanted to control.

The original promise of Apple Intelligence

New Siri features infused with Apple Intelligence being demonstrated at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2024. — (Image credit: Apple)

Right now, Siri feels pretty limited in what it can do, especially when you compare it to some of the best

AI agents

that can carry out tasks on your behalf. But if Apple’s accessibility preview is anything to go by, that might change soon.

Imagine being able to tell Siri exactly what you want without having to worry about using the exact terms and phrases that it understands, then seeing Siri go off and complete those jobs for you. It’s the original promise of Apple Intelligence when it was unveiled back in 2024, when Apple told us that Siri will be able to learn your personal context, work within apps and understand what’s on your screen. None of those capabilities are here yet, but as the Voice Control upgrade implies, they could be just around the corner.

We’ll know for sure when

WWDC

kicks off on

June 8

, but I’ve got a good feeling about what’s to come. If Apple’s accessibility news piece is anything to go by, we might finally get the AI-powered Siri we were promised almost two years ago.