As Apple officially released a new generation of Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2026, it also launched a new Siri AI that took two years of secret research and development. Can Siri get rid of the reputation of artificial intelligence retardation in the past? Or is Apple trying to make a big deal out of its annual press conference again? Foreign media “AppleTrack” recently conducted 13 hell-level in-depth actual tests on the new Siri AI covering “personal privacy situations, world knowledge, cross-App complex operations and screen perception.”
This time we do not read Apple’s official promotional briefing, but directly use the cruelest actual test comparison of Siri voice assistant on the old and new iOS systems to tell you the true and complete performance of the new Siri AI, as well as the hardware mandatory classification controversy caused behind it!
Apple Siri AI Function Test 1: Personal Situation and Search Functions
In the past, Siri was most often criticized for not being able to understand human speech or being unable to connect context. However, in this actual test, the new Siri AI demonstrated extremely powerful technological counterattacks in the two dimensions of “personal situation understanding” and “world knowledge search.”
Personal privacy and conversation records
Foreign media directly tested a very tricky question on Siri: “Do you remember a few weeks ago, your mother mentioned which brand of water bottle she wanted to buy?”
- The old version of Siri: completely unable to cope with the need to scroll through past messages.
- New Siri AI: Accurately pointed out that the brand is “Lark”, and even based on the original chat records, intimately reminded that it was too expensive and gave up. It has strong semantic understanding capabilities.
Album search ability
When asked to “find the latest photo of pet dog Winnie and send a text message to dad”, the performance of the old and new versions is as follows:
- The old version of Siri: also couldn’t be found, and even mistook the pet dog Winnie for the cartoon Winnie the Pooh.
- The new Siri AI: demonstrates perfect system integration. It can not only accurately identify pet dogs from photo albums, but also complete contact relationships and send text messages at once. Even when there is no accounting at all in the calendar, it can also infer the hidden itinerary of “meeting next week” from scattered group chat records.
Fuzzy search quotes
When searching for a car repair quote in a fuzzy manner, the new version of Siri can also pull out “Avio Coach Craft’s $8,800 quote” directly from the depths of the message; even when there is no accounting at all in the calendar, it can intelligently infer from the messy group chat records the hidden itinerary of everyone’s meeting next week, and list the source of the conversation.
Find your itinerary quickly
If you have not forgotten to add an event to your calendar and ask Siri to search past conversation records, only now Siri AI can accurately find out when brothers and sisters will get together from group chats, eliminating the need to click on messages to search for chat records.
Apple Siri AI Function Test 2: Generative Reasoning
When testing “What are the reliable rumors about iPhone Ultra?”, the new Siri AI can also show an answer similar to ChatGPT. It no longer just throws out cold web links, but organizes extremely rich and accurate rumor information. When foreign media continue to ask about key features, Siri AI can further reason that it may be a “crease-free screen.”
If Siri AI asks everyday questions, like how do you know if the chicken is cooked?
- Old Siri: No idea how to respond.
- New Siri AI: Directly gives accurate scientific judgments of 165°F (approximately 74°C) and meat discoloration.
Apple Siri AI Function Test 3: Cross-App Automation and Visual Recognition
Cross-App automated operations
In the actual test, Siri AI was asked to find the driver’s license picture from the photo album and fill in the number in the PDF space. Although Siri AI took a long time, it was successfully completed in the end.
Along with viewing a photo in the album, you can also ask Siri AI to send the photo to someone, and enter a title and content text in the letter, which can also be automated to assist the operation.
At present, when operations through the App are not smooth, such as when requesting to create a new file in the “Boundless” App, or create a new page in “Pages”, Siri AI will either spit out “Unable to perform the operation” after thinking, or directly mess it up and provide rigid operation step instructions. These still need to wait for the continuous improvement and optimization of iOS 27.
Recognize screen information and add contacts
When Siri AI is asked to read the address on the screen and add contacts, the operation process is constantly stuck in thinking and continuing to wait for multiple confirmation steps. In the end, it can be completed, but it seems not as smooth as the previous WWDC conference.
Camera Siri mode becomes useless
The food nutrition identification function of the camera that was featured at Apple’s press conference was also a bit embarrassing in the actual measurement. When foreign media took photos of sandwiches and Caesar salads for analysis, Siri AI could only vaguely give a general conclusion that “the sodium content is too high, maybe related to turkey or bacon.” The overall analysis lacked the accuracy supported by big data, and its practicality was quite limited.
The most powerful device-side Siri AI model triggers controversy over mandatory 12GB RAM grading
Apple emphasized in the press conference that some Apple Intelligence functions involving highly confidential and complex calculations must rely on the “strongest device model.” This model requires very strict hardware thresholds and only supports models with 12GB of memory (RAM) or more. That is, it currently only supports the iPhone 17 Pro series and iPhone Air models.
In just two years since the launch of Apple Intelligence, Apple has begun to hierarchize functions through hardware specifications. Although it can ensure the local computing security and performance of high-end devices, users of older iPhone models who originally paid for AI specifications but have less than 12GB of memory have to spend money to change their phones again in order to experience full Siri.
iOS 27 Siri AI measured advantages and disadvantages in one minute
Finally, Mr. Crazy helped everyone condense the 13 actual Siri AI performance results measured by foreign media into the following comparison table. Is this actual battle between old and new Siri an evolution or an overturn? Let you understand directly in one second:
| Measured situation dimensions | Siri AI | Old version of Siri |
|---|---|---|
| personal situation understanding (Find photos, browse text messages, note personal matters) |
⭕ Super accurate! Can read the context of group conversations and find unpopular memories from weeks ago |
❌ If not found, strike directly He even mistook his pet dog for a cartoon character |
| Trivia and Search (Hearsay reasoning, common sense of life) |
⭕ Amazing performance! Able to conduct complex anecdotal reasoning and give precise scientific advice |
❌ Traditional play It will only throw out web search links for you to click on. |
| Cross-App complex operations (Screen sensing, AI Agent) |
🔺 It can be executed! But the process was stuck, and some instructions turned directly into step-by-step instructions. |
❌ This feature is not available |
| Camera visual recognition (food nutrition analysis) |
🔺 The recognition is ambiguous! Can only give general answers such as high sodium content |
❌ Unable to answer |
Conclusion: Siri AI has made progress but needs continuous improvement
Summarizing the foreign media’s 13 Hells actual test, the performance of the new Siri AI can be described as two steps forward and one step back. It is undeniable that Siri has indeed become smarter and can solve 90% of daily questions and answers, integrate private data across time and space, and contextual semantic reasoning. Its performance is impeccable and has completely washed away its bad reputation in the past.
However, the stability of Siri AI’s core AI Agent cross-App automated operation is seriously insufficient. When encountering some instructions, it will even turn into a teaching guide. This part needs to wait for the subsequent release of the official version of iOS 27 before further confirmation. After all, it is still in the beta stage.
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