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Siri Can Enter More Apps, So the Assistant's To-Do List Just Got Longer
· New York time
Apple is letting Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps as part of its iOS 27.3 update. Developers can integrate the new features into their apps, allowing the assistant to use personal context, natural-language prompts and awareness of what is on screen. The change gives developers a way to make app functions available through the assistant rather than relying entirely on users navigating each interface themselves. It also makes the quality of those integrations important: an assistant can only be as useful as the actions it is able to carry out. Apple's pitch is a more direct route from a request to a task. For users, that means the voice assistant is being invited beyond the familiar timer and into a larger collection of chores. Siri may finally get the promotion it wanted, complete with a much longer job description.
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