iOS 27’s new Siri AI is a huge upgrade from the old Siri, but it also took longer than expected to arrive. Here’s why the new Siri took so long, per Mike Rockwell.
Mike Rockwell says Apple ‘tore [Siri] to the ground, rebuilt it from the ground up’ for iOS 27
Last week following Apple’s WWDC keynote, the company held a Siri and Apple Intelligence-focused tech talk with members of the press. 9to5Mac Editor-in-Chief Chance Miller was there, and shared extensive quotes from the session here from Apple’s Craig Federighi and Amar Subramanya.
Another participant in the talk was Mike Rockwell, who took on leadership for Siri just last year.
Rockwell provided some new context around why Siri AI took longer than hoped to ship. Here’s what he said:
Based on Rockwell’s comments, it sounds like Apple’s original plan for Siri might have delivered some AI upgrades, but it wouldn’t have been the full-featured revamp that iOS 27 brings.
To achieve Siri AI, Apple instead opted to rebuild Siri “from the ground up.” It “tore it to the ground” and rebuilt on top of its new, more modern foundation.
What do you make of Rockwell’s explanation for Siri AI’s release timing? Let us know in the comments.
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