Apple starts giving Siri AI access to third-party apps

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="David Imel" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/Siri-AI-Being-invoked-6.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple will now let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps. As part of the iOS 27.3 update rolling out on Tuesday, Apple <a href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=gdk2umrf">announced developers</a> can now integrate Siri AI's new features in "all apps," allowing the voice assistant to draw on a user's personal context, process natural language prompts, and use on-screen awareness to complete requests.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The update, which is rolling out as part of a Developer Preview, also adds a new "app skills" feature that third-party developers can create to combine several tasks into a single action. In <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/siri-ai-developer-preview">Apple's developer documentation</a>, the company says users won't have to mention an app's name in their …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1025694/apple-siri-ai-third-party-apps">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>