Apple remakes Siri as Gemini chatbot with Dynamic Island

Leaked renders published ahead of WWDC on June 8 show iOS 27 will rebuild Siri as a dedicated chatbot app powered by Google’s Gemini and integrated into the Dynamic Island. The redesign adds a systemwide text-and-voice interface labeled ‘Search or Ask’ that can be reached by swiping down from the top center of the screen.

The images show multiple entry points: a glowing expansion of the Dynamic Island when the assistant is invoked, a full text-and-voice search panel reached by swiping down, and a deeper Siri app with a scrollable history of past conversations. Results can appear as rich cards that expand from the Dynamic Island. The dedicated app is shown accepting document and photo uploads, offering a persistent voice mode, and providing a drop-down menu to route queries to different AI providers, including Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude.

Apple licensed Gemini after its internal AI models did not meet performance targets, according to the reported details. The agreement with Google is said to carry an estimated annual cost of about $1 billion. Apple delayed a personalized Siri upgrade in March 2025, citing quality issues, and a federal court approved a $250 million class-action settlement earlier this month that allows eligible iPhone 15 and 16 buyers to claim up to $95 per device.

The redesign replaces the current Spotlight search with the swipe-down ‘Search or Ask’ panel and stores a standalone conversation history in the Siri app. The interface includes a menu that lets users choose which AI engine will handle each request, and Apple is testing ways to let third-party AI agents be installed through the App Store.

Camera and photo workflows are part of the plan. Renders show a Siri mode inside the Camera app replacing the existing Visual Intelligence button, allowing users to capture an image and send it directly to a chosen AI provider for analysis or reverse-image search. Photos will gain AI editing tools named Reframe, which adjusts perspective, and Extend, which fills areas outside the original frame. Other features under test include natural-language Shortcuts, AI wallpaper generation and a systemwide grammar checker.

The company is testing multiple internal designs and may change details before the WWDC presentation. iOS 27 is expected to ship as soon as September alongside new iPhone models, and separate product work includes camera-equipped AirPods possibly in late 2026 and smart glasses targeted for 2027 to feed visual data into the assistant.

OpenAI has raised concerns that its ChatGPT integration was difficult for users to find and is reviewing a potential breach-of-contract claim. Apple will present final details at WWDC on June 8, with designs still subject to change.