Apple's new Siri chat app could have the option to auto-delete messages as an added privacy measure.
The new app sounds like it will be similar to the existing Google Gemini app.
Apple could bring a sweeping range of changes to Siri as it moves towards a smarter AI-powered version in iOS 27. As previously confirmed, the next version of Siri will be underpinned by Google's Gemini to move Apple Intelligence forward.
As we're now approaching Apple's WWDC event, we're starting to hear more about Apple's plans. While the next-gen Siri has been in process for some time – first previewed in 2024, before Apple's partnership with Gemini – we're expecting a preview on stage in June 2026.
Today's gossip surrounds the new Siri app. Apple is planning to have a standalone Siri app that functions more like ChatGPT. Mark Gurman from Bloomberg says that it will offer auto-deleting chats as an added privacy measure.
Deletion is something that Apple offers in Messages, but it looks like that's going to be extended to Siri too. It's said that there will be options for deletion after 30 days, 1 year, or to leave them forever.
Because the new Siri will be a conversational thing, the ability to delete is not only good for housekeeping, but means that no one can go back to see what you've been asking.
While Gemini is going to underpin much of the intelligence of Apple's new service, it's believed that it is going to run on Apple's private cloud servers, so Google won't have access to all your data.
Siri chat app sounds a lot like Gemini
Within the Siri chat app, you'll have a list of chats that you've had, as well as the option to upload things to Siri. That will mean that the AI can use those documents or images to tailor responses.
This very much reflects how Gemini currently works, allowing users to go back to particular chats. For example, if you've been talking about planning a holiday and then you want to talk about a recipe for a dinner you're cooking, you don't want those to be mixed, as the context gets all wrong.
Instead, you can have multiple chats and switch between them so the contextual information from that conversation stays relevant. Although people talk about how smart this AI is, I've found it easy to confuse Gemini by talking about multiple things in the same chat – for example, I've talked about TVs and phones, and then found mixed information about both jumbled together in replies.
It's thought that the new Siri app will launch with a beta tag and anyone who has used Google products will know that Google loves to keep the beta tag for years and years, but that's less common for Apple.
We're expecting to hear a lot more about the future of Siri and its new features at WWDC 26, before it goes public with iOS 27, likely in September 2026.
