Siri AI Opens to All Apps: Apple Launches Developer Preview Powered by App Intents
With the 27.3 betas, Apple allows any app to connect its content and actions to Siri AI via App Intents, while introducing multi-action “skills.” A public rollout is expected in a few months, with App Store submissions opening in the spring—and Siri AI still absent from iPhones in the EU.
Siri AI is no longer reserved for Apple’s own apps and a handful of predefined domains. In an announcement published on November 3, 2026, on its developer website, Apple launched a Developer Preview enabling any app to hook its content and actions into the new version of its assistant. It is available right now in the iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 27.3 betas.
App Intents Becomes the Gateway to Siri AI
The underlying mechanism is not entirely new: App Intents is the framework apps already use to describe their actions for Siri, Shortcuts, or Spotlight. What changes is that these actions now benefit from Siri AI’s capabilities: understanding personal context, taking into account what is displayed on screen, and handling requests phrased in natural language. Apple highlights examples such as tracking a delivery, booking a table, or placing an order, with users stating the request in their own words.
Two new features expand its scope. “Skills” allow developers to teach Siri AI how to chain multiple actions together to handle complex requests. Additionally, the assistant can now surface any entity from Spotlight’s semantic index, rather than just those fitting an Apple-defined schema. On Apple’s side, rollout is beginning across around fifteen built-in apps—ranging from Calendar and Safari to Mail, Maps, Notes, and Shortcuts—which also serve as examples for developers.
A Drawn-Out Timeline and Unannounced Guidelines
This rollout represents early access. Apple mentions an initial release to users “in a few months” and the opening of App Store submissions in the spring. The terms of use and guidelines for experiences built on Siri AI have not yet been published; Apple has only promised to share more details soon. Q&A sessions with its engineers are scheduled for November 4 and 5.
Usage constraints also apply. Siri AI requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible device set to a supported language (including French), remains unavailable in the European Union on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS, and is restricted to users aged 13 and older. Finally, Apple reiterates that features powered by server-side models, including Siri AI, are subject to daily limits, and that expanded paid access will arrive down the road.
This opening comes just days after the announcement of Apple Intelligence rolling out in China, which launched without Siri AI (our report).
Our take
Apple is taking the most traditional route to turning Siri AI into an agent capable of acting inside apps: rather than letting the model drive the graphical user interface, it relies on structured actions that each developer explicitly defines using App Intents. This approach is more reliable and controllable than the “computer use” pursued by other labs, but it depends entirely on developer buy-in—and developers currently have neither app review guidelines nor a firm launch date. For European developers, the paradox is striking: they can build and test their integrations, but their iPhone users will not have access until Apple and the EU reach an agreement.
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