Apple may make Siri more agent-like as early as next year

Technology · First reported 8 Nov, 15:30 · Updated 15:52

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A report says Apple could develop Siri to proactively pursue tasks without users initiating each step, though what the company will ultimately release is uncertain. The coverage also notes a reported change to Apple’s iOS 28 development schedule.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple could make Siri function more like an agent as early as next year; the final implementation is unknown.
The articles describe agent-like systems as tracking goals and pursuing them without a user prompting every step.
One article reports that Apple allocated six weeks for coding and exploration and two weeks for integration in the first iOS 28 development cycle.

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Key facts

Possible timing: As early as next year, according to Gurman’s report.
Reported iOS 28 cycle: Six weeks of coding and exploration, then two weeks of integration.
What agent-like systems do: Track goals and pursue objectives without the user initiating every step.
Uncertainty: The eventual implementation and what Apple will ship remain unknown.