Apple is reportedly planning to take Siri beyond its current role as a voice assistant, potentially turning it into a more proactive AI agent capable of managing tasks and pursuing goals with less input from users.

In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple could make Siri function "more like an agent" as early as next year. The move would bring Siri closer to AI assistants such as OpenAI's Dots, Meta's Muse, and xAI's Grok.

Apple Wants Siri to Become a More Proactive AI Agent

Today's AI assistants typically respond to individual prompts, waiting for users to tell them what to do next. More advanced AI agents take a different approach: they can remember goals, identify the next steps, and continue working toward an objective without requiring users to initiate every action.

Gurman says Apple ultimately wants Siri to move in this direction.

"Dots, Muse and Grok can keep track of goals, determine what needs to happen next and continue pursuing objectives without the user initiating every individual step," Gurman wrote. "Apple ultimately wants to go in this direction, I'm told, and I believe the company could make Siri more like an agent as early as next year."

If Apple follows through, future versions of Siri could become more capable of handling ongoing tasks, coordinating multiple actions, and anticipating what users need rather than simply answering questions.

However, Gurman did not provide details about how Apple plans to implement these capabilities or which features could arrive first.

Apple Wants to Move Beyond Basic Siri Improvements

Apple's AI ambitions may extend well beyond making Siri more agentic.

Gurman also reported that Apple CEO John Ternus recently held a closed-door meeting with Craig Federighi, Apple's head of software engineering. During the meeting, Ternus reportedly emphasized the need to accelerate Apple's software roadmap and move quickly beyond simply making incremental improvements to Siri.

The reported comments suggest that Apple's leadership wants a broader push in AI-powered software, rather than focusing exclusively on upgrading its existing voice assistant.

This could signal a more significant shift in Apple's AI strategy as the company looks to compete with increasingly capable AI platforms.

Siri's Next Evolution Could Be a Major AI Upgrade

Apple has already been working to make Siri more intelligent and personalized. However, the next major challenge is turning those improvements into an assistant that can independently manage more complex tasks over time.

An agentic Siri could potentially remember user goals, organize workflows, and take action across different apps with fewer follow-up instructions.

For now, these capabilities remain part of Apple's reported plans rather than confirmed features. If Gurman's timeline is accurate, we could hear more about Apple's next-generation AI assistant sometime in 2027.

Source: Macrumors