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Hey friend,
The whole WWDC keynote basically came down to one thing. Apple rebuilt Siri from scratch and is calling it Siri AI.
None of it is on your phone yet; it arrives in beta later this year, so this is what Apple showed, not what I have tested. But after a decade of Siri letting me down, some of it genuinely looks like the assistant it should have been all along.
Here are the five things that stood out.
1. It can finally hold a real conversation
Siri has always been a one-shot machine. You ask one thing, it does one thing, and the moment you follow up, it forgets you exist. Siri AI is built for back-and-forth now, so you can ask a question, get a detailed answer, and keep going. It can plan something with you, brainstorm an idea, or give feedback on your writing without losing the thread.
2. It actually knows your stuff
This is the upgrade I have wanted most. Siri AI understands your personal context, so it can find a photo from years ago, dig up a buried email, or pull an address out of a message someone sent you ages ago, just by asking. The email one alone would justify the whole thing for me.
3. It can do things inside your apps
Old Siri could play a song and set a timer. Siri AI can take real actions across your apps, like sending an email, adding a song to your workout playlist, or finding photos from a trip and dropping the right ones into a shared album without you ever opening Photos.
4. It can see your screen and what's in front of you
Point your iPhone camera at a dish for nutrition info, or at the bill to split the tab with the people you are with. The new Siri mode in Camera can see what you see and act on it, and the same idea works on Mac, iPad, and Vision Pro. The split-the-bill one is the feature I know I will actually use.
5. It can write for you, almost everywhere
You can ask Siri to draft something from scratch or give feedback on what you wrote, in your own tone, in Mail and Messages. Your iPhone also automatically proofreads across the system in most apps now. As someone who writes for a living, that one hits home. Grammarly should be paying attention.
That is five of thirteen. The full post covers the rest, including the dedicated Siri app that syncs across your devices, the voice you can finally customize, and the part Apple did not dwell on, that the whole thing is built on Google's Gemini tech. Plus, the catches on when you actually get it.
Read the full breakdown here:
See you in the next one,
Raja
The Useful Tech
P.S. If you want everything Apple announced this year and not just the Siri stuff, I packed all 311 features into a free guide sorted into 21 categories. Grab it here:
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