Apple needs a killer AI Siri to fuel upgrades from older iPhones

Apple long ago missed its deadline for launching an AI-supercharged Siri, but the company now says it’s finally on track to deliver the upgrade in 2026.
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
This year’s delay has intensified pressure on Apple to deliver a truly breakthrough AI experience on the iPhone. Another miss would reinforce perceptions that Apple is falling far behind rivals in artificial intelligence — and risk ceding control of the next major computing platform to comp