Apple is opening Siri AI to all app developers, The Verge and Digital Trends report. The company announced the change on Tuesday as part of a developer preview of iOS 27.3.

Developers can now let Siri AI draw on a user's personal context, plain-language requests and what is on screen to complete tasks, The Verge reports.

Apple had earlier offered a smaller set of features to outside developers, The Verge says, citing 9to5Mac. The old system was limited to set app categories, Digital Trends reports. Now developers can build their own custom actions through Apple's App Intents framework.

A new feature called skills lets developers combine several steps into one request, the two outlets report. Digital Trends gives an example of Siri finding a pair of sneakers in a shopping app and sending them to a friend in Messages.

In some cases, users will not need to say an app's name, such as when the app is open, The Verge reports, citing Apple's developer documentation.

Apple is also adding these Siri AI abilities to its own apps, including Mail, Maps, Notes, Photos and Safari, The Verge reports. “Users can do things like find a coffee shop they visited last week or archive files that haven't been opened in over a year,” Apple says, according to The Verge.

The expanded features are limited to developer testing for now, Digital Trends reports. Apple expects the first versions to reach customers in a few months, the outlet says. App Store submissions are planned for spring 2027.

Google is building similar tools for its Gemini assistant, Digital Trends notes.

What we know: Apple is opening Siri AI to outside app developers in a test release.
What we don't: Which apps will offer the features first, and exactly when users will get them.