# Apple may have finally fixed its most embarrassing software > Source: > Published: 2026-06-20 12:00:01+00:00 [Apple](https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-losing-grip-tech-supply-chain-tsmc-nvidia-foxconn-2026-1) has a habit of [showing up late](https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-siri-ai-delay-rare-move-2025-3) to the tech party and still being the best-dressed. It might do it again with the [new Siri](https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-new-siri-ai-chatbot-app-wwdc-2026-6) in iOS 27 this fall. Right now, Siri is bad — and that's not a harsh take. [Ali](https://www.businessinsider.com/author/alistair-barr?follow-me) has ChatGPT pinned to his iPhone's home screen. I have Gemini in a prime spot for quick access to a genuinely useful AI assistant. These are the habits Apple is up against. But I'm using Gemini less after a few days of test-driving the first iOS 27 beta and years of dunking on Siri. It turns out Siri's new intelligence is [based on Gemini models](https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-gemini-to-power-siri-ai-capabilities-2026-1). One nice update is that Siri AI (as Apple calls it) indexes your phone to capture details from texts, emails, notes, and calendar events. I got answers to queries like "when's my next personal training session?" and "by when do I have to cancel the hotel reservation for a refund?" Siri could fish out the answers to my somewhat vague prompts. It's convenient to have a dedicated Siri app, too. I find its responses less flattering and more concise than those of other LLMs. At long last, Siri impressively draws on real-world knowledge. While watching the [Knicks parade](https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-knicks-parade-office-view-perk-2026-6), I showed Siri a photo and played dumb. It knew exactly what was happening and why. It also gave me helpful commuting tips when I asked, pulling from relevant local news sources. Siri is not yet excellent. It still sometimes misunderstands my non-American accent (Gemini usually doesn't). And I can't get Siri to answer activity-related questions because it needs access to my Health app (it has access). This is, of course, a first beta experience. But my hunch is that come this fall, when the masses get access, Siri will be at least better than bad. *Sign up for BI's Tech Memo newsletter *[here](https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/tech-memo)*.*