Apple's new standalone Siri app puts chat history front and center
apple released a standalone siri app with chat history and multimodal input at wwdc 2026. the move forces ios into direct competition with chatgpt and claude by standardizing conversational ai interfaces.
apple launched a dedicated siri app at wwdc 2026, marking the assistant's most significant transformation by introducing a persistent chat history interface similar to chatgpt. the app archives past conversations, provides overviews to avoid re-reading transcripts, and accepts inputs including text, documents, and images across ios, macos, and ipados. by decoupling siri from a voice-only trigger and making it a visible app store presence, apple signals a strategic pivot toward persistent, on-device ai agents. this update suggests the company is finally prioritizing user control over ai context, potentially solving siri's historic lack of long-term memory.