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Siri Learns to Remember, and Apple Adds a Door to Close

October 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT · New York time

Apple's 27.2 operating system updates add a Siri memory feature that can recall past conversations and refer to them later. The iOS update also expands the data sources Siri can use, including voicemails and Messages attachments. An Excluded Apps option lets users choose which apps Siri, Search and suggestions can access. Siri AI is also available in five more languages beyond English, including French and Japanese. Together, the changes give the assistant more context while giving users a way to limit some of the information available to it. That combination captures the appeal and awkwardness of a personal assistant with a longer memory. A reminder of an earlier conversation can save a search through messages. The same ability can make people think harder about what they want an assistant to retain or consult. The excluded-apps setting puts part of that choice into a menu rather than leaving it as an abstract promise. The old household complaint was that nobody remembered the plan. The new one may be that the assistant remembers the conversation so well that everyone wants to negotiate its guest privileges. Apple is offering a more attentive helper, along with a list of rooms where the helper is not invited.

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