An upgraded version of Apple's artificial intelligence voice assistant "Siri" revealed performance issues in tests conducted over the past several weeks, raising the possibility that its release will be delayed again.
Bloomberg reported on the 11th, citing sources, that Apple had planned to include new Siri features in iOS 26.4, which is slated to be unveiled next month, but some features could slip to iOS 26.5 in May and the rest to iOS 27 in September.
Test participants were said to have reported a drop in speech recognition accuracy, a bug where Siri cuts users off when they speak quickly, and response delays with complex queries.
Apple said in June 2024 that it would introduce the ability to control its own and third-party apps using voice alone in early 2025, but later pushed the launch timeline back to this year. Observers say the internal target of March also became untenable after additional software defects were found, making a reschedule unavoidable.