Apple’s Siri Assistant just got its biggest upgrade yet as part of iOS 18 – including new ChatGPT capabilities thanks to an OpenAI partnership and deep integration with supported iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The new version of Siri, announced at WWDC 2024, is powered by Apple Intelligence, which gives the voice assistant features like on-screen awareness to help it work better with apps.
The next generation of Siri has received a visual makeover, opening with a glowing light around the edges of your iPhone’s screen instead of the typical icon. But it’s the deeper integration with apps that promises to make it a much improved assistant.
For starters, Siri will no longer be just a voice assistant: you can type questions to Siri by double-tapping the bottom of the screen and switching between voice and text. The voice assistant can also be helpful in answering questions about using your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
But if Siri can’t answer a question, you can also connect it to OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o model for free. Apple says your information and request details are not recorded. These new Siri features are coming “later this year” with iOS 18.
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