The first thing I did after getting back from WWDC 2026 was install the developer betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate on my devices. I was very keen to put the new Siri AI to the test.<\/p>\n
Siri AI was unquestionably the star of this year\u2019s WWDC. And it\u2019s a big deal because it\u2019s really the reboot of the \u201cmore personalised Siri\u201d that Apple first announced two years ago, and then had to scrap and redesign from the ground up because it wasn\u2019t delivering the results the company had wanted. I cannot remember another time Apple had such a public blunder.<\/p>\n
Happily, the start of Siri AI is on much firmer footing. Apple was clearly very keen to show everyone that it was working, and I saw plenty of live demos at WWDC 2026 \u2013 and almost all of them worked smoothly. But the thing about these demos is that they\u2019ve been rehearsed tirelessly. I wanted to see how Siri AI worked in the real world.<\/p>\n Siri could tell me my daughter\u2019s McDonald\u2019s order from a text message she sent me earlier.<\/p>\n Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n To put it very briefly, and perhaps to no one\u2019s surprise, it works as advertised<\/b>. In my two weeks with it, I used Siri AI across my iPhone Air, MacBook Pro, and iPad Pro to recall details that my wife and kid texted me, create notes and reminders, add entries to my calendar,\u00a0look for photos in my Photos app library, check the nutritional value of food I ate, and even ask for terminal commands to enable hidden macOS features.<\/p>\n What was most impressive to me was that Siri was able to retrieve details of the flight and hotel bookings of my trips <\/b>to Japan last year<\/b> and later this year<\/b>, and then create a note that was complete with my check-in and check-out details, including booking numbers.\u00a0Siri is undoubtedly a whole lot better and more helpful than it ever was.\u00a0<\/p>\n Impressively, Siri was able to discern that this was Hainanese chicken rice and not just plain white rice.<\/p>\n Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Siri can also tell you the nutrition level of foods. You can also tell it\u2019s a bit confused. While the label below says white meat, the Siri text bubble at the top says it\u2019s sweet and sour pork.<\/p>\n Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Siri was able recall my hotel bookings from my trip to Japan last year and later this year.<\/p>\n Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n But it\u2019s not perfect. Though it can create notes, summarise documents, and even find photos from years ago, I found that it can\u2019t do some seemingly simple things. For example, I couldn\u2019t get it to filter songs out from my Apple Music playlist to clean it up, and it can\u2019t duplicate my playlist.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even so, these features will likely be added in due time, given that Apple Music is a native app. What is questionable, even as Siri AI rolls out to the public in the near future, is support for third-party apps. Siri only works with native apps for now<\/b>, so it can\u2019t search your emails in Gmail or chats in WhatsApp. And as things stand, it\u2019s improbable that the likes of Google and Meta will let Siri work with their apps \u2013 given their own AI ambitions.<\/p>\n Siri could provide me with the correct Terminal command to make macOS\u2019 dock hide instantly.<\/p>\n Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n
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