Read the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacy

<figure> <img alt="An iPhone and Apple Watch showing an Audio Intelligence Siri Recap summary" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Apple" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/apple-audio-intelligence-recap-wide.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">At Wednesday's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991203/iphone-duo-foldable-news-specs-price-release-date">iPhone Duo launch event</a>, Apple announced a handful of new Siri AI <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/148354" data-type="link" data-id="https://support.apple.com/en-us/148354?cid=general-watch-b3d8fc66-62020270">Audio Intelligence features</a>, including Siri Recap, Live Rewind, Sound Recognition, and Music Recognition. Alongside its announcement, Apple <a href="https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/Audio_Intelligence_Privacy_Overview_Sep_2026.pdf">released a document</a> laying out how it plans to balance AI "ambient listening" and users' privacy. It says the raw audio from the new features "is handled within dedicated hardware, is not saved as a file, and is not accessible to the operating system, apps, or Apple."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple explains that Audio Intelligence relies on the Secure Exclave in the S11 chip that powers the new <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/991812/apple-watch-series-12-announcement">Apple Watch Series 12</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/990290/apple-watch-ultra-4-smartwatch-wearable-availability-pricing">Apple Watch Ultra 4</a>: </p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The …</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/992919/apple-siri-ai-audio-intelligence-privacy">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>