iOS 27: Apple’s Biggest Siri Overhaul in Years — Here’s What to Expect

Published ahead of WWDC 2026 · Based on reporting by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman

Apple is about to give Siri its most significant makeover in nearly fifteen years, and for the first time we have a fairly clear picture of what it will look like. According to Bloomberg, the revamped assistant will headline iOS 27 — and it could reshape how you use your iPhone every day.

Here’s everything that matters, ahead of Apple’s WWDC keynote on June 8, 2026.

🖼️ IMAGE à la une / hero — ex : iPhone affichant la nouvelle interface Siri

Quick note: the visuals circulating online are illustrations created by Bloomberg from information gathered through its sources — not official Apple materials. Apple often tests several designs before settling on a final version, so some details may still change.

A smarter Siri, finally

The headline change is a Siri that behaves far more like a modern AI assistant. Bloomberg reports that Apple has built a dedicated, ChatGPT-style app where your conversations live as a continuous history. Instead of one-off questions that vanish the moment you ask them, Siri remembers context, follows multi-step requests, and lets you pick up where you left off.

In practice, that means you should be able to ask the kind of natural question Apple first teased back in 2024 — something like “find that article a friend sent me a few weeks ago” — and have Siri actually understand the context and surface the right result.

A new look built around the Dynamic Island

Visually, Siri is moving away from the colourful glow introduced about eighteen months ago toward a cleaner, darker interface that lives in the Dynamic Island, where it sits as an always-available agent.

You’ll reportedly be able to summon it three ways: with your voice, with the side button, or with an entirely new gesture — a swipe down from the top-centre of the screen. That gesture opens a new “Search or Ask” interface, replacing the older Siri Suggestions panel. Your requests are organised as cards that update as new information comes in.

🖼️ IMAGE — nouvelle interface Siri dans la Dynamic Island

Siri moves into the Camera

One of the most useful changes is a dedicated Siri mode inside the Camera app, sitting alongside Photo and Video at the bottom of the screen. Point your camera at something and Siri analyses what it sees — an evolution of today’s Visual Intelligence, brought directly into the place you’d naturally use it.

The idea is contextual: scan a product, a landmark, or a piece of text, and Siri responds based on what’s in front of you. Early on, some of these features are expected to be US-only before rolling out more widely.

🖼️ IMAGE — mode Siri dans l’app Appareil photo

A camera you can finally customise

Alongside the AI features, the Camera app itself is becoming far more flexible. Bloomberg reports that you’ll be able to choose which controls appear and where — much like adding contextual elements in Safari.

Shoot a lot? Add dedicated buttons for exposure, depth of field, and other settings. Want simplicity? Strip it back to the essentials. After years of a deliberately minimal camera interface, this is a notable shift toward personalisation.

Shortcuts in plain language

The Shortcuts app is set to get a major upgrade too. Rather than wrestling with a manual builder, you should be able to describe what you want in plain language and let Apple Intelligence assemble the shortcut for you. It’s expected to complement the current system rather than replace it — and it could finally bring Shortcuts to a much wider audience.

When can you try it?

• June 8, 2026 — official unveiling at the WWDC keynote
• Summer 2026 — a beta release is expected to follow
• September 2026 — wide public release, expected alongside the iPhone 18 Pro

What it means for your iPhone

If the reporting holds up, iOS 27 is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious iPhone updates in years — less about flashy new icons and more about an assistant that’s genuinely useful, a camera that adapts to how you shoot, and AI woven into the apps you already use every day.

We’ll know the full picture on June 8. In the meantime, it’s a good moment to make sure your iPhone is ready — and if you’re thinking about an upgrade, the iPhone 18 Pro launch in September could be the moment to do it.

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Source: Bloomberg (Mark Gurman).