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Apple Lets Siri AI Operate Third-Party Apps via App Skills

Original sourceThe Verge

Summary

In the iOS 27.3 developer preview, Apple expanded Siri AI to third-party apps. Through new app skills, Siri can complete tasks across apps based on user context and natural language commands, with screen awareness; users need not specify whether an app is in the foreground, shown in Live Activities…

Key points

  • Mobile developers need to start considering which in-app actions are suitable for system-level agent invocation.
  • Once system-level agents can execute actions across apps, the callable interfaces of apps will become a new competitive front.
  • App teams need to plan the scope of exposed actions and permission boundaries; users can expect fewer manual cross-app operations.

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