Apple is exploring how to turn Siri into agentic AI —an assistant that can take on ongoing jobs, remember what you want accomplished, and keep working toward those goals without needing a fresh command for every step — according to Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman.
Most voice assistants today, including the current version of Siri, work in a simple back-and-forth style: you ask for one thing, it responds or acts, and then it waits. Agentic AI is different. These systems can hold onto a bigger objective, figure out the intermediate steps, and continue making progress in the background. Gurman reports that Apple wants Siri to move in this direction so it can more closely match tools already available from SpaceXAI (Grok Bot), OpenAI (ChatGPT Dots), Meta (Muse), and others.
In practical terms, that could mean giving Siri a standing task such as tracking the status of a refund, monitoring updates on a project, or assembling a weekly summary of relevant information — and having it check in and handle the work over time instead of requiring you to start each part separately. The goal is a more proactive helper that gets things done on your behalf rather than simply answering isolated requests.
Gurman notes that Apple’s new product-focused CEO John Ternus has been pressing the company’s software leadership, including Craig Federighi, to pursue a more ambitious AI strategy overall. The effort is linked to changes in how Apple is developing its next major software release, iOS 28, as the company adjusts its internal process to support faster progress on these AI capabilities. Gurman indicates the company could begin shifting Siri toward this agentic approach as early as next year, though Apple has not confirmed any specific timeline or features.
For now, the plans remain exploratory as Apple works to close the gap with competitors that have already launched more autonomous AI agents.
MacDailyNews Take: Smart idea.
Imagine a product Apple is uniquely positioned to create: a dedicated agentic AI device — let’s call it the Apple Agent for now — that normal humans can plug in, set up in under five minutes with their iPhone, and immediately start using as a true personal assistant that does things on their behalf.
Not another speaker. Not another screen you have to stare at. A small, elegant, always-on box (think Mac mini size or smaller, perhaps with the same gorgeous design language) powered by the latest M-series chip and Apple’s most advanced on-device models. It would ship with Apple Intelligence at its core, deeply integrated with your existing Apple devices, and capable of real multi-step, autonomous work.
- SteveJack, MacDailyNews (Apple should sell a plug-and-play AI agent based on its Mac mini – February 24, 2026)
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Grok Bot (now integrated with Grok) is the agentic AI I use, very useful. I’d be shocked if Apple implemented something similar as soon as next year but it would behoove them to do so, especially in partnership with SpacexAI instead of Google.