iOS 27 rumored to add Siri app, third-party models

Apple has not announced iOS 27 features yet, but a new round of reports this week says the company is preparing a more chatbot-like Siri for its next iPhone software release. Memeburn and other outlets on May 21 and May 22 cited earlier reporting that iOS 27 could add a standalone Siri app, AI chat history, file uploads and controls to auto-delete conversations. Apple has confirmed only the timing of its next developer conference. The company said in March that WWDC 2026 will run online from June 8 through June 12, where it will showcase its latest software and technologies. ### Where is this Siri app rumor coming from? Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman was cited by multiple follow-on reports this week as saying Apple plans an enhanced Siri in iOS 27 with a dedicated app and memory controls for stored conversations. (macrumors.com) MacRumors, summarizing Gurman’s newsletter on May 18, said users could choose to keep chats for a limited period rather than indefinitely. (apple.com) Memeburn’s May 21 report repeated those claims and added that the redesign would make Siri work more like a conversational AI product than the current assistant interface. That report was not an Apple announcement, and Apple has not publicly confirmed the feature set. ### What features are being rumored most consistently? (macrumors.com) The most repeated claims are a standalone Siri app, persistent chat history, file uploads and auto-delete options. MacRumors said the deletion settings could include 30-day, one-year or permanent retention choices for conversations. Geeky Gadgets, in a separate WWDC preview published May 21, pointed to Apple’s MLX framework as a likely part of the company’s broader AI push. (macrumors.com) That article described MLX as software built to run AI workloads efficiently on Apple silicon by using the CPU, GPU and Neural Engine together. ### Are ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini actually coming to Siri? (macrumors.com) Apple already supports ChatGPT inside Apple Intelligence. Apple’s support documentation says Siri can hand some requests to ChatGPT for more detailed answers, and Writing Tools can use ChatGPT to generate text or images if the feature is enabled. (geeky-gadgets.com) The broader claim that iOS 27 could support Claude and Gemini alongside ChatGPT remains speculative. The sources surfaced here for that point are preview and rumor reports, not Apple documentation. Apple has not published support pages or developer material confirming Claude or Gemini integrations for Siri as of May 22. (support.apple.com) ### Why does MLX keep coming up in these previews? MLX is real, but its role in iOS 27 is still a matter of expectation rather than confirmation. Geeky Gadgets said the framework could become central to Apple’s WWDC AI announcements because it is designed for local model execution on Apple hardware, which could help Apple emphasize on-device processing and privacy. (geeky-gadgets.com) That fits Apple’s existing public line on AI features. Apple’s current ChatGPT support page says users can control whether Siri suggests ChatGPT, and some requests can be handled without linking an account, reflecting the company’s emphasis on user consent and settings controls. (geeky-gadgets.com) ### What should readers treat as confirmed before WWDC? WWDC 2026 is confirmed for June 8-12, and Apple has said it will present new software there. ChatGPT integration with Apple Intelligence is already live in current Apple software, according to Apple’s support documentation. (support.apple.com) Everything else in this cycle — the standalone Siri app, chat retention controls, file uploads, and support for Claude or Gemini — should be treated as rumor until Apple puts those details onstage or in documentation. Apple’s keynote is scheduled for June 8 at 10 a.m. Pacific time, according to event listings cited by MacRumors after Apple’s announcement. (macrumors.com) (apple.com)