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Apple's Siri 2.0 update has been delayed yet again due to testing issues. The update is now expected to be rolled out by the company during the iOS 26.5 or iOS 27 rollout later in the year.
Apple's long awaited Siri 2.0 update has hit fresh roadblocks during testing, leading to the company to delay the feature to upcoming updates, according to a report by Bloomberg. Reportedly, the feature was slated to arrive with the iOS 26.4 update but has now been pushed back to iOS 26.5 or even iOS 27.
What happened with Siri's latest delay?
Notably, Apple had first announced the overhaul to Siri in 2024 and since has been forced to delay the feature mutliple times due to technical issues. Apple fans may have thought that things were finally on the right track when the Cupertino based tech giant announced it would be using Google's custom Gemini model for running Apple Intelligence features including Siri.
The latest issues with Siri were uncovered during the testing phase where the voice assitant reportedly doesn't always properly process queries or takes too long to handle certain requests.
The company has reportedly recently begun instructing its engineers to use the upcoming iOS 26.5 update in order to try out the new Siri features which suggests that the Siri overhaul may have been pushed back by atleast one release cycle.
The internal version of the iOS 26.5 update also include a notice describing some of the aditions made to Siri.
Some of the features that are running behind the schedule include Siri's ability to tap into personal data and the app intents feature which lets the assistant complete multi step commands. The report notes that support for these features exist in iOS 26.5 update but they don't fuction reliably in all cases.
The testers have also reportedly found accuracy issues along with a fresh bug that causes Siri to cut off users mid-sentence when they are speaking too quickly. There are also said to be problems handling complex queries which require longer processing times.
Another big issue with Siri is reportedly that it falls back to the ChatGPT integraton instead of using Apple's own technology and the issue is said to occur even for queries which the assistant should be capable of handling.
The report noted that the internal versions of Siri till late 2025 were so sluggish that people involved in the development believed that Apple would have to delay the update by months.
However, it also noted that Apple executives have been steadfast in their belief that they don't want the release of the feature to slip past spring 2026.
The good news is that Apple may surprise its users with two new features when the iOS 26.5 update. These are a new web search tool and a custom image generation option.
These features were also said to be tested with the iOS 26.4 update and could potentially be released prior to the overall Siri revamp.
The web search tool wil reportedly work similar to Perplexity or Google's AI Mode by leting users request information from the web and get a synthesized answer with links to relevant websites. Meanwhile, the imae generation feature will use the same engine as the Image Playground app that the company had earlier rolled out.
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