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Apple Opens Siri AI to Third-Party Developers With New App Skills
Apple opens its Siri AI to third-party developers with new app skills for multi-step actions.
Key points
- Any app can now create Siri AI integrations for the first time, Apple said.
- App skills let apps teach Siri to coordinate complicated multi-step actions across apps.
- The features arrive in iOS 27.3, macOS 27.3 and aligned releases, currently in developer beta.
Why it matters. Users may find Siri able to handle more complicated tasks across Apple and third-party apps, as the new app skills coordinate multi-step actions.
Apple today announced that any app can create Siri AI integrations for the first time, arriving in iOS 27.3 and macOS 27.3 and aligned releases. New app skills let apps teach Siri to coordinate complicated multi-step actions, such as a flight tracking app mapping the right app intents. With the 27.3 update, users often need not name the app, and the OS releases are in developer beta now.
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Apple Opens Siri AI to Third-Party Developers With New App Skills
Apple announced a new Siri AI initiative for third-party developers that allows any app to build Siri AI integrations for the first time. Earlier versions of Siri AI were limited to a much smaller set of supported schemas. The new 'app skills' also let apps teach Siri how to carry out complicated multi-step actions. Apple said the features will become available as part of iOS 27.3 and macOS 27.3. The update is significant because it widens the range of tasks Siri can complete across apps installed on users' devices. Developers will need to adopt the new framework to take advantage of it.