TechAINewsApple starts giving Siri AI access to third-party appsSiri AI will soon be able to carry out tasks across a wider range of apps.Siri AI will soon be able to carry out tasks across a wider range of apps.by Emma RothNov 3, 2026, 8:16 PM UTCShareGiftDavid ImelEmma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.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 announced developers 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.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 Apple’s developer documentation, the company says users won’t have to mention an app’s name in their request while it’s in the foreground, during a Live Activity, or in a conversation with Siri AI about the app.“For example, a person might request a ride with a ride share app, follow updates to the app’s Live Activity while they wait for their ride to arrive, then request to move the pickup location to a different address by saying ‘Hey Siri, change my ride pickup to a new address,’” Apple says.
As noted by 9to5Mac, Apple previously made a smaller set of features available to third-party developers.RelatedApple is all in on AI — its own and everyone else’sSiri AI is already changing how I use my iPhoneApple is bringing Siri AI’s expanded capabilities to its own apps as well, including Calendar, Files, Finder, Journal, Mail, Maps, Messages, Music, Notes, Photos, Preview, Reminders, Safari, Shortcuts, and Weather apps. “Users can do things like find a coffee shop they visited last week or archive files that haven’t been opened in over a year,” according to Apple. The company notes that users can ask Siri AI what it can do in each app.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma RothAIAppleAppsMobileNewsTechMost PopularOne of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnetThe 2026 iPad Mini is a terrific tiny tablet — for a big priceBambu’s nine-nozzle H3C foretells the future of 3D printingThe Elder Scrolls VI officially has a name: SentinelXbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departureAdvertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
