Apples Siri Recap will remember your conversations for you

Apple Inc. announced at its September iPhone event that Siri AI's Recap and Live Rewind features will capture ambient audio of live conversations, analyze them, and provide summaries, highlights, and direct quotes, with end-to-end encryption and no storage of actual audio recordings. The features, which have raised privacy concerns among some users, will be available in beta this fall starting in English.

Apple's Siri Recap will remember your conversations for you Chase DiBenedetto /author/chase-dibenedetto Read Full Bio /author/chase-dibenedetto With Apple Intelligence https://mashable.com/tech/siri-ai-beta-apple-intelligence-updates-iphone-event-2026 , you don't need to worry about emails or texts or calendar alerts. You can clear your skin and track your health stats and even generate entirely new realities. And with Siri AI's Recap and Live Rewind, debuted at the Apple's September iPhone event https://mashable.com/tech/apple-event-livestream-iphone-18-live , it'll keep track of your memories, too. Announced Wednesday, Apple https://mashable.com/category/apple 's new AI-powered audio feature catches ambient audio of your live conversations in the background, analyzes them, and throws summaries, highlights, and direct quotes right back at you. You May Also Like Forget the directions the stranger gave you? Siri's got you. Missed the thing your boss said? Siri is a great assistant. Didn't pay attention to the emotional story your best friend just told you? Um — Hey Siri? Apple's data collection feature calls to mind hardware devices like Pocket and Plaud, and AI recording and note-taking apps like Granola, which have become popular in Silicon Valley. The feature has stirred some privacy concerns among Apple fans, with some likening it to a covert recording tool — and once again calling to mind future data-mining technologies featured in Netflix sci-fi drama Black Mirror https://mashable.com/category/black-mirror . Terms of Use https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use and Privacy Policy https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy . This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. https://twitter.com/moneyspread/status/2097744502270103902 Like its other Apple Intelligence features, Apple said the conversations are end-to-end encrypted with Siri AI's Recap and Live Rewind. Devices do not collect or store actual audio recordings, the company said in its presentation, and Siri will not identify specific speakers. Live Rewind with Siri Recap will be available in beta this fall, starting in English. Follow our Apple event live blog https://mashable.com/tech/apple-iphone-event-2026-live-updates-iphone-18-announcements to catch up on the latest news and announcements from the "Surprise and Shine" keynote, with live updates from Apple Park. Want more tech news delivered to your inbox daily or sent straight to your device? Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter https://mashable.com/newsletters or get Mashable push alerts https://mashable.com/life/how-to-set-up-mashable-push-notifications today, and see what our readers guessed would happen at today's Apple event in our Big Guessing Game https://mashable.com/tech/apple-event-predictions-sept-8-guessing-game . Topics Apple https://mashable.com/category/apple Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also captures how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she's very funny.