Bloomberg reveals Apple’s redesigned Siri ahead of WWDC

Apple WWDC 2026 to Debut Standalone Siri App Designed to Rival ChatGPT

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on Wednesday published a series of illustrated renders revealing Apple’s forthcoming standalone Siri app and redesigned assistant interface, offering the most detailed look yet at the company’s effort to transform its long-criticized voice assistant into a full-fledged AI chatbot capable of competing with ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini.

The features are set to be announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8.

A Chatbot App for the First Time

According to Bloomberg, iOS 27 will introduce a dedicated Siri app featuring an iMessage-style chat interface with conversation history, the ability to start new text or voice chats, and support for file and photo uploads. Users will be able to search, favorite, and browse past conversations in a grid or list view — functionality that mirrors standalone AI chatbot apps.notebookcheck

The app will also include an auto-deleting conversation history feature, with options to keep messages for 30 days, one year, or indefinitely. Apple plans to launch the revamped Siri with a beta label, even when it becomes publicly available in the fall.9to5mac

Dynamic Island and a Revamped Search

Beyond the standalone app, Siri will be integrated into the Dynamic Island, where triggering the assistant will display a “Search or Ask” prompt with a glowing cursor. Responses will appear as translucent cards that can be pulled down into a full conversation mode. The experience effectively replaces the current Spotlight search, though existing Siri Suggestions will remain.macrumors

Bloomberg’s renders show a dark-themed interface with bright, animated color accents matching the artwork from this year’s WWDC invitations. Apple is also testing integrations that allow users to route queries to third-party AI models, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude, directly from the interface.notebookcheck

Powered by Gemini, Protected by Apple

The overhaul is powered by a custom model built on Google’s Gemini technology, the result of a multi-year partnership announced by both companies in January 2026. Under the arrangement, Apple runs the Gemini-based model on its own Private Cloud Compute servers rather than on Google’s infrastructure, meaning Google has no access to user data processed by the system.enersys

Apple’s architecture routes requests across three tiers: simple tasks handled entirely on-device, context-heavy queries processed on Apple’s encrypted cloud servers, and complex multi-step requests sent to the Gemini model running within Apple’s private infrastructure. The company has framed the approach as “fundamentally different” from rivals, with privacy protections built into the system rather than offered as optional extras.techradar