Siri AI beta available now: 7 things to try
THE SO WHAT
A more conversational Siri wired across iOS 27 is Apple’s push to make the assistant a default interaction surface, not an app. If you build on iOS, assume users will increasingly start flows via voice or system intents and design your product to be callable, not just tappable.
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