We've been waiting for an overhauled Siri for nearly two years, but Apple may already be developing a Siri 3.0 that could debut in late 2026. According to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is in the process of building a new chatbot — dubbed Campos — that will finally give Siri true AI features.
This news comes as Apple is supposed to finally release the upgraded Siri 2.0 along with iOS 26.4 this spring. Thats when we should get a more AI-capable Siri that has been missing since Apple introduced Apple Intelligence in 2024.
Right now, Siri is not considered a chatbot like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini, both of which have undergirded Apple Intelligence, with Gemini running Siri soon. Siri doesn't truly have a chat-like back and forth like those assistants.
According to Gurman, Campos will be embedded in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS and be "summoned" in the same manner you do with Siri. Campos is apparently a major part of Apple's plan to right the boat on AI, where it has struggled.
The overhauled bot will be able to act like ChatGPT or Gemini. However, unlike those, it will be integrated into core Apple apps like mail, music, podcasts and photos. It would even be able to control features and settings like making phone calls, setting timers, and opening the camera.
What's coming for Siri and Campos
When iOS 26.4 finally drops, it should bring AI capabilities that were announced back in 2024 but have yet to actually debut. These include giving Siri the ability to analyze content on your screen and use personal data for recommendations.
The chatbot capabilities, likely boosted by Gemini, won't launch until later this year. Gurman claims Apple will announce features during the Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
Campos is supposed to have voice and text-based chat features. This new chatbot is supposedly being integrated into iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all three of which should debut alongside the iPhone 18 series in September.
The last couple of years, Apple has been slow rolling operating systems with major features held back for huge updates later in the year. It's not clear from Gurman's report how much of Campos will be available when iOS 27 releases or if it will be released piecemeal.
A change of tune
In June, Tom's Guide global editor Mark Spoonauer spoke with Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak, the senior VP of worldwide marketing, to discuss Siri and Apple Intelligence.
At the time, Frederighi said that Apple was not interested in pursuing a chatbot, saying that people prefer AI that is woven into the user experience and not a separate model. He said Apple wanted to "meet people where they are" with AI.
"We aren't defining what Apple Intelligence was to be a chatbot," he said. "It was never the goal."
However, Apple has lagged behind AI competitors, which can be seen in the way the company has struggled to bring an AI-functional version of Siri to the table.
This change also follows AI leadership changes, with Federighi taking over for the beleaguered AI chief John Giannandrea this past December and hiring Amar Subramanya as president of AI. Subramanya previously led engineering for Google Gemini.
With WWDC 2026 in June and the iPhone launch in September, we'll get our first look at how a Gemini-based Campos AI will look in the coming months. Eventually, Apple believes it can swap out Gemini for its own internally built models.
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