Apple Siri ‘Campos’ Gemini Chatbot Tipped for iOS 27
Apple is reportedly rebuilding its assistant as a Gemini-based chatbot woven into iOS, iPadOS and macOS for deeper app control.
Summary
- Apple is reportedly planning its biggest Siri reboot yet, turning the iPhone’s long-time voice assistant into a Gemini-powered AI chatbot codenamed Campos that will ship with iOS 27
- The new Siri is expected to live directly inside iOS, iPadOS and macOS, supporting both voice and text while tying deeply into core apps like Photos, Mail, Music, Messages, TV and Xcode
- This chatbot push arrives after Apple’s slower Apple Intelligence rollout and follows a multi-year Google deal, signaling a more aggressive play to close the gap with OpenAI, Google and other AI-first rivals
Across the ecosystem, Campos is framed as a full reset of Siri rather than a cosmetic refresh. Reports say the assistant will keep the familiar “Siri” wake word and side-button activation but swap the old card-style UI for a true conversational thread that can remember context, handle follow-up questions and juggle longer prompts across sessions. iOS 26.4 is still slated to bring a more capable, Apple Intelligence–driven Siri in the interim, but iOS 27 is positioned as the moment Siri finally behaves like the AI chatbots people already live with.
Functionally, the new Siri is described as part ChatGPT, part system-level operator. It is expected to tap Google’s Gemini models under a custom Apple Foundation Model layer, powering everything from web search and summarization to image generation, file analysis and coding help. Deeper hooks into Photos, Mail, Messages, Music and productivity apps should let users ask for specific images and edit them on the fly, draft emails from calendar plans or tweak system settings via natural language, all while Apple weighs how much long-term memory the chatbot should keep in order to balance personalization with its privacy-first stance.
