Apple may allow iPhone users to replace Siri with a third-party voice assistant, like Gemini, Perplexity, or Meta AI as per a Bloomberg report.
The European Union's push might force Apple to open up iOS to allow changing the default voice assistant on iPhone, iPadOS, and macOS.
Apple's AI offices in Zurich are working on a new architecture for the next-gen Siri based on an LLM-based engine to make it smarter and better at understanding information.
Despite Apple's efforts to improve Siri, users should not expect complete freedom to replace Siri with another voice assistant as Apple historically does the bare minimum to comply with regulations.