Apple has recently made a new adjustment to the pace of its push in artificial intelligence. According to internal sources and related reports, although the iOS27.3 developer beta has already enabled Siri to handle some basic first-party app tasks, broader deep control over Apple's native apps and key third-party app support are expected to be delayed until spring 2027 (or with the iOS27.5/27.6 releases) and officially introduced in preview form.

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Currently, Apple is relying on the App Intents framework to accelerate its catch-up with the industry, but in terms of task complexity and autonomy, it still lags behind competitors such as Muse and Grok in their ability to handle tasks autonomously between conversations and provide long-term assistance. Apple is trying to change this by creating a long-term assistant for specific tasks that users do not need to supervise the entire time. However, due to adjustments in the technology iteration cycle and internal strategic considerations, the rollout of full cross-app control and more advanced autonomous AI features has slowed.

The delay in this timeline reflects the technical complexity of deeply integrating consumer AI into the system's underlying layers. As operating systems and generative AI merge at an accelerating pace, how to achieve highly autonomous cross-app orchestration while safeguarding privacy and system security has become a long-term evolutionary challenge shared by major technology giants.