en.Wedoany.com Report on Mar 27th, Technology journalist Mark Gurman reported on March 26 local time that Apple plans to open Siri to external artificial intelligence assistants, aiming to strengthen the iPhone's core position as an AI platform. This strategic adjustment is expected to be implemented as part of a comprehensive Siri upgrade in the upcoming iOS 27 operating system update.
According to informed sources, through cooperation with OpenAI, Siri can already access ChatGPT, but Apple now plans to open up further, allowing access to other competitive AI products. This means that in the future, users may be able to choose and invoke third-party AI assistants like Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Anthropic's Claude through Siri, obtaining diverse intelligent services based on their preferences.
This strategic shift marks a significant adjustment in Apple's AI strategy. For a long time, Apple has favored building a closed software and hardware ecosystem, with Siri, as Apple's native voice assistant, its functions and model capabilities being independently controlled by Apple. With the explosive development of generative AI, third-party AI assistants have demonstrated significant advantages in conversational understanding, multi-turn interaction, and task execution capabilities, while Apple Siri has been criticized by users as "behind" in terms of intelligence.
Opening Siri as an entry point to external AI assistants preserves Siri's status as a unified entry point for the Apple ecosystem while leveraging third-party capabilities to compensate for its own shortcomings at the AI model level. This strategy aligns with Apple's logic of opening up in areas like the App Store and browser engines: when core capabilities are insufficient, external forces are introduced through an open ecosystem to meet user needs while maintaining control over the platform's entry point.
Gurman's analysis points out that this move will strengthen the iPhone's position as an AI platform. As AI assistants gradually become the core interface for users to interact with the digital world, whoever controls this entry point occupies the commanding height of the next-generation computing platform. By opening up Siri, Apple is attempting to position the iPhone as an aggregation platform for AI assistants, rather than being limited to its own AI capabilities.
Currently, Apple has not issued an official comment on this strategic adjustment. If the plan proceeds as scheduled, Siri in iOS 27 will undergo the most profound change since its launch—transforming from an Apple-developed voice assistant into an intelligent entry point aggregating the world's top AI capabilities.
