I spent 48 hours comparing Siri AI to Gemini — and Apple really impressed me

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It’s safe to say Apple has taken its sweet time bringing its AI ambitions to fruition. After debuting Apple Intelligence two years ago, Apple unveiled a whole new Siri at WWDC 2026 last week. Dubbed Siri AI, the completely rebuilt virtual assistant is a complete overhaul of the much-maligned, on-device voice assistant with Apple Intelligence underpinnings.Obviously, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it, so I rushed to install the iOS 27 developer beta and signed up for the Siri AI waitlist. Since then, I’ve spent the last 48 hours or so testing out the newfangled AI assistant and comparing it with Google Gemini.