Here we go again: Apple's new iOS 27 Siri 2.0 may have a beta label attached, and a waitlist before you can actually…

The upcoming Siri 2.0 upgrade could be labeled as a beta

There might also be a waitlist for access to its features

We're expecting it to be announced on Monday at WWDC 2026

It's fair to say Apple's efforts to push Apple Intelligence upgrades into Siri and get the digital assistant up to the level of Gemini or ChatGPT have been somewhat labored up to this point, and it seems the big Siri 2.0 update that we're expecting very soon isn't going to be straightforward either.

Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who gets inside Apple information right more often than not, says that the revamped and AI enhanced version of Siri launching with iOS 27 may initially come with a 'beta' label attached.

Gurman also suggests that there's "the possibility of a waitlist of some sort" before you're going to be able to try out the improved features — something that you might remember Apple did with the original launch of Apple Intelligence back in 2024.

For months we've been hearing rumors about this Siri upgrade, and as per Gurman, it's going to turn Siri "from a voice control system into a do-it-all AI companion". Some of the incoming features were announced with Apple Intelligence in 2024 and then delayed, including deeper access into apps and the personal information of users.

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Apple has labeled the new Siri as a “beta” internally, suggesting that the assistant won’t be marketed as fully finished. There’s also the possibility of a waitlist of some sort for people who want to try new features, an approach used with the initial Apple Intelligence launch. https://t.co/hce6gyWX8JJune 5, 2026

We also know that Apple has signed a deal with Google to use Gemini's AI models to power the new and improved Siri 2.0. This won't be like the existing ChatGPT integration however: there won't be any mention of Gemini in the app, even though it'll be Google's tech figuring out the relevant AI responses.

According to earlier leaks, Apple is again going to use the privacy argument to suggest that its AI offerings are "fundamentally different" to what else is on the market, with tighter controls over how much user data gets shared and stored.

We've also already seen how the updated Siri might look on iOS, with an animation popping out of the iPhone's Dynamic Island when the AI assistant gets invoked. Siri chats are also predicted to be synced across devices, for the first time.

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This major Siri upgrade — perhaps with a beta label and waitlist attached — will be shown off at the WWDC 2027 event on Monday (June 8), when Apple gives us a preview of this year's iOS 27 software update. We'll be covering the event live here on TechRadar, so check back for updates.

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