Apple to Let Third-Party AI Chatbots Plug Into Siri
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- Apple will let users choose which AI chatbot links with Siri in iOS 27, with third-party App Store downloads like Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude able to fetch replies for the assistant (per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman).
- A new "Extensions" feature will let users enable or disable specific chatbots for Siri on iPhone, iPad, and Mac — a model mirroring how Siri already works with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
- The Extensions integrations will also work inside a standalone app Apple is planning for its AI-upgraded Siri, which is designed to take action on a user's behalf across apps.
- Apple confirmed in January it is working with Google to power its overhauled Siri, following several earlier setbacks to the assistant's AI upgrade.
- The Apple-Google deal also includes permission for Apple to use Gemini to train its smaller AI models (per The Information).
- Apple is expected to unveil the newest versions of its operating systems at its Worldwide Developers Conference, kicking off June 8.
Why it matters: Apple is shifting Siri from a single-vendor AI model to a plug-in architecture, with Google's Gemini reportedly powering the overhauled assistant and Claude joining via Extensions. iPhone, iPad, and Mac users gain a choice of assistant AI ahead of WWDC on June 8 — reducing Apple's dependence on any single AI partner as the chatbot race accelerates.
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