During today’s “Surprise and Shine” event, Apple confirmed the rollout timeline for the new Siri AI, which will launch in English before expanding to five more languages in October. Here are the details.
Siri AI language expansion confirmed for October
Apple today announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The company also announced the Apple Watch Series 12 Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 with Active Noise Cancellation.
One thing these devices have in common is the fact that they will rely on one or more capabilities of the new Siri AI, which leverages Apple’s partnership with Google to offer a more capable LLM-based assistant.
Following the original announcement of Siri AI during this year’s WWDC, Apple today confirmed a more precise rollout plan for the languages it will support.
As Apple’s VP of AI Product Marketing Lilian Rincon explained during the event, the new Siri AI will roll out in English alongside the official release of iOS 27, scheduled for September 14, while the following languages will get support for it in October:
- French
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Rincon also confirmed two bits of information Apple’s Craig Federighi first shared during this year’s WWDC.
First, that some features will have usage limits because they rely on powerful server models, and that increased access will be available with most iCloud+ plans.
Second, that Apple Intelligence (of which Siri AI is just a part of) will support the following 16 languages with this month’s OS releases:
- English
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Danish
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
Apple notes that Apple Intelligence is not available in China, although the company seems to be working behind the scenes to bring the features to the country. The company also notes that Siri AI will not be available in China, nor in the EU, where Apple and regulators remain at odds over the Digital Markets Act.
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