On November 8, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman revealed in his Power On newsletter that Apple CEO John Ternus recently pressed software chief Craig Federighi in a closed-door meeting to speed up Apple's AI roadmap, turning Siri from a voice assistant that only answers when asked into an agent that actively follows goals and keeps working on them. Gurman believes an agentic Siri could arrive as early as 2027. Apple has not commented on the report.
According to Gurman, Ternus is frustrated with the pace at which Apple has embraced AI, saying the company has not shown the same urgency as its rivals. Siri now handles more than 2.5 billion requests a day, but it still mainly responds on demand. The iOS 27.3 beta already adds precise Siri actions inside Apple's own apps — rotating and cropping in Photos, organizing folders in Files — with a public release expected in December; support for third-party apps is not expected until spring 2027.
Why now
The pressure comes from rivals. OpenAI launched its Dots agents on September 29, and Meta's Muse is likewise built around following tasks through; if Siri stays a "better voice Q&A," it will fall behind. Siri's rollout in the Chinese market is moving in parallel: Apple Intelligence begins testing in China on November 4: Qwen joins Siri and writing tools. Ternus took over from Tim Cook as CEO on September 1, and on his first earnings call on November 2 he said Siri is "primarily request-based today," but is built on "a modern orchestrator-driven architecture" with room to expand. There are uncertainties too: Mike Rockwell, who took over Siri in March 2025, is reportedly seriously considering leaving next year, and Apple has confirmed no timeline.
For users, what lands first is not an "agentic Siri" but the precise control of Apple's own apps in iOS 27.3 this December; true cross-app, goal-following ability will have to wait for third-party access and the 2027 releases. The Siri AI developer preview Apple opened to developers on November 3 is the first step in that acceleration. One caution: this account comes from anonymous sources cited by Gurman, not an official Apple announcement, and AppleInsider has urged readers to take it with a grain of salt; the timeline could still shift, so the real test will be the December release and next spring's actual performance.
