A report this week about Google’s tech powering Siri’s upcoming AI features sounds like an overall win for Apple and its users.

When it comes to their marriage, Carson and Siri Daly aren't afraid to clown around a bit. The couple, who got married in 2015, have an endearing meet-cute story that dates back to a time when they were both working for the same production company.

SRI in Menlo Park, California has spawned everything from the computer mouse to ultrasound technology to the Siri "personal assistant" platform in the new iPhones. WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro talks to researchers about what's in the pipeline.

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the Apple Intelligence-powered Siri upgrade could finally arrive next year.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

An enhanced, more conversational Siri has to be high on the list of user requests. While AI in general is a real mixed bag — Google included — and people are unlikely to stop buying iPhones over it, Apple has promised to deliver not once but twice. Miss it again and the company might get a rep.

Perplexity’s voice assistant surprised me with how smart — and actually useful — it was. I tested it for a full day in place of Siri, and here’s why it might be my new go-to.

Just think about what ChatGPT and Claude and Gemini and Llama and DeepSeek will be able to do by the time new Siri launches! Think about Amazon’s new conversational Alexa, and what that will be capable of with another two years of development, using all of the data the company has amassed about the requests people are making of it.