Apple Plans AI-Powered Web Search Tool for Siri to Rival OpenAI, Perplexity
Apple is gearing up to give Siri a major upgrade by adding an AI-powered web search feature called World Knowledge Answers. This move comes as Apple looks to keep pace with rivals like OpenAI and Perplexity, whose AI assistants have been gaining momentum. The new feature will let Siri pull in AI-generated summaries from the web, complete with text, images, videos, and other multimedia. To make this happen, Apple is reportedly working with Google, using its Gemini AI model to enhance Siri’s ability to understand questions and deliver clear, useful answers. According to Bloomberg, the update will bring big improvements: a smarter planner for interpreting prompts, a system that pulls from both personal data and the web, and tools that summarize results into digestible responses. Apple plans to strike a balance by relying on its own AI models for certain tasks, while using Google’s Gemini for more advanced summarization. This hybrid approach allows Apple to stay in control of Siri’s core functions while still benefiting from Gemini’s strengths. The revamped Siri is expected to debut as early as March with iOS 26.4, marking one of Apple’s most ambitious steps yet toward modernizing its assistant. If successful, it could put Siri back in the spotlight as a serious competitor in the fast-moving world of AI-driven digital assistants.
Sources:
Emma Roth
Mark Gurman
