Apple Opens Siri AI Access to Third-Party Developers
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Apple launched a Siri AI developer preview in the first betas of iOS 27.3 and other systems, allowing any developer to connect their app's content and actions to Siri AI through App Intents, no longer limited to preset categories. Siri AI can use the user's personal context, handle natural-language prompts, and perceive screen content to complete tasks; developers can also create "app skills" that combine multiple actions into one. Apple's own Calendar, Mail, Maps, Photos, and other apps gain these capabilities at the same time. During the preview phase, Siri AI only works with app builds that developers run themselves or distribute internally through TestFlight, and does not connect to external testers or App Store versions. Apple says the relevant APIs may change and that terms and usage policies will be announced later. The feature requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence and is set to a supported language (English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish); it remains unavailable on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch in the EU, and is not offered to users under 13. Some Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models (including Siri AI) have daily usage limits. Apple says the preview comes months before the official user-facing release, and the App Store submission channel will open in the spring.
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- Hacker News AIFeaturedApple opens Siri AI to every app, and lets developers teach it skills
With the first iOS 27.3 betas, Apple opened a Developer Preview letting any developer expose app content and actions to Siri AI through App Intents, dropping the previous limit to predefined categories like messaging and to-do lists. It also introduced "skills" — Markdown SKILL.md files with a name, one-line description and plain-language guidance — that teach Siri AI to combine several actions into one job, though Apple says skills are guidance rather than a deterministic script. During the preview Siri AI works with an app only in developer-run builds or internal TestFlight, with App Store submissions opening in the spring and customer availability "in a few months".
- Hacker News AIFeaturedSiri AI is now open to all developers
Starting with the iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, macOS 27.3, and visionOS 27.3 betas, a new Developer Preview lets any developer integrate their app with Siri AI using App Intents, including personal context understanding, onscreen awareness, and natural language. Apple is also introducing skills that let developers combine several actions into a single experience, and Siri AI can now surface any entity in the Spotlight semantic index. The preview offers early access before customer shipping in a few months, with App Store submissions opening in the spring.
- The Verge · AIApple starts giving Siri AI access to third-party apps
With the iOS 27.3 Developer Preview, Apple announced that developers can now integrate Siri AI's features in all apps, letting the assistant use personal context, natural language prompts, and on-screen awareness to complete requests. The update also adds an "app skills" feature that lets developers combine several tasks into a single action, and Apple is bringing the expanded capabilities to its own apps including Calendar, Mail, Maps, Messages, Notes, Photos, and Safari.
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