Siri AI chatbot, Apple AI pin
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- Apple reportedly replacing Siri interface with actual chatbot experience for iOS 27
- Apple is working on an AI-powered wearable pin
- The new Siri chatbot may run on Google servers, not Apple's
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Thursday, January 22nd, 26. |
| 0:07.6 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.9 | We are sponsored this week by Stuff, the clean and powerful to-do list application. |
| 0:15.6 | Leading off today, Apple reportedly plans to make a major pivot with Siri as part of iOS 27. |
| 0:22.7 | According to Mark German at Bloomberg, Apple is developing its first chatbot with a version of Siri that will replace the existing experience. |
| 0:31.1 | German says that Apple will revamp Siri by turning the digital assistant into its first artificial intelligence chatbot, |
| 0:38.3 | which will be deeply embedded into the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems, |
| 0:42.9 | and replace the current Siri interface. |
| 0:45.9 | The chatbot will feature an Apple-designed user interface, |
| 0:49.5 | but will rely heavily on custom AI models developed by Google under the hood. |
| 0:54.9 | Those models will be more powerful than the version that's going to power the new |
| 0:58.6 | theory features coming as part of iOS 26.4 this spring. |
| 1:03.1 | Bloomberg says that Apple's chatbot will allow users to search the web for information, |
| 1:08.1 | create content, generate images, summarize information, and analyze uploaded |
| 1:12.7 | files. It will also draw on personal data to complete tasks, being able to more easily locate |
| 1:18.7 | specific files, songs, calendar events, and text messages. Unlike third-party chatbots running on |
| 1:25.9 | Apple devices, Apple's offering is designed to analyze open windows and on-screen content in order to take actions and suggest commands. |
| 1:35.6 | It will also be able to control specific functions and features of the iPhone, like making a phone call, setting a timer, and launching the camera. |
| 1:44.6 | The new Siri will also be integrated into all of Apple's core apps, including mail, music, |
| 1:50.1 | podcast, TV, Xcode, and photos. This will allow users to do much more with just their voice |
| 1:56.8 | than ever before. The report continues by saying one issue under discussion is how much information |
| 2:03.2 | the chatbot will be allowed to remember about its users. ChatGBTGBT and other |
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