In a bombshell report barely a week before the WWDC keynote on June 8, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has concluded his string of iOS 27 leaks with his biggest one yet: a full report of how different the new Siri will look across the system.
It was only about 18 months ago when Siri’s new “glow” interface landed on iPhones, and now it appears Apple is shifting to a new darker interface. As Gurman describes, Apple has “redesigned Siri for modern iPhone hardware,” giving it a home in the Dynamic Island, a chatbot of its own, and full integration with the Camera app.
Gurman reports Siri will still be triggered by its “Siri” wake word or by holding down the power button, but rather than an on-screen animation, it will now show “a redesigned Siri animation in the Dynamic Island.” Additionally, users will also be able to “swipe down from the top center of the iPhone anywhere in the system” to launch a new “Search or Ask” field for silent interactions using the keyboard. In the current system, users need to double-tap the bottom edge of the screen to bring up the Type to Siri interface.
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Gurman describes the interface for the new Siri, which you can also see above:
From there, users can launch apps, start text messages, ask about the weather, add calendar appointments, search through notes, trigger shortcuts within apps, or search the web using Apple’s new AI-powered search system, which competes with tools like Perplexity. Results are displayed in a rich text card that pops out of the Dynamic Island. Users can swipe down further to open a chatbot-style conversation inside the Siri app.
When users ask for information, Siri presents rich text cards and results for topics such as people, places and news headlines. Similar cards also appear for weather forecasts and sports scores, as well as results pulled from a user’s own data, including notes, text messages, emails, contacts, calendar appointments and reminders.
Based on the images, this is a shift from the previous colorful Apple Intelligence scheme. When it launched in 2024, the branding followed a gradient of blue, purple, pink, and orange, which extended to the Siri glow around the screen. While you can see a slight rainbow reflection around the search bar, based on these images, the new Siri will be much more restrained.
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Of course, the new look is just the first part of the Siri rebrand. The chatbot will also be a lot smarter, as Gurman reports, with a greater understanding of what’s on the screen: “In the interface planned by Apple, you can ask it for times you are available for appointments before scheduling something and for overlapping events. You can also ask the assistant to write emails, notes or text messages using information from the web and device content. That could include asking for a note to be created about how to fix a car engine or an email including your calendar availability.”
Additionally, Siri will include the delayed features announced in 2024, including the ability to understand personal data, conduct actions within apps, and analyze on-screen content.
Finally, Siri will also gain a new home in the Camera app, which “would replace today’s Visual Intelligence experience and let users take photos and have them analyzed by a third-party AI agent or put into a Google reverse image search.” Images show a “Siri” selection between “Video” and “Photo” at the bottom of the screen.
You can expect the new Siri to debut at WWDC on June 8, following months-long beta testing ahead of wide release in September.
