Apple moves to break OpenAI's Siri monopoly, set to allow users to route Siri queries to Gemini and Claude: Report

The days of ChatGPT being the only LLM provider for Siri may be coming to an end. If a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman is to be believed, Apple is planning to open up Siri to other third party AI assistants in ordet to boost iPhone as an AI platform.

The new move could be rolled out by Apple with the upcoming iOS 27 update in September and should be revealed by the company at the WWDC 2026 conference in June.

What is Apple planning?

Apple had struck a partnership with OpenAI in 2024 for ChatGPT to power the more difficult queries that users thow to Siri. However, the Cupertino based tech giant will now allow other rival AI services like Google, Anthropic and Grok to do the same task.

The tech giant is said to developing new toolsthat would allow AI chatbot apps installed from the App Store to integrate with Siri. The chatbots could also work with an upcoming Siri app and other Apple Intelligence features.

In practice this would mean that if users have an AI app like Gemini, Claude or Grok installed on their iPhone, they will be able to send queries from Siri to those assistants.

Notably, this move is said to be separate from Apple's use of Gemini to rebuild Siri as an AI asstant.

How will Apple's Extension system work?

One big caveat here could be that the ‘Extension system’ would work only if the AI services allow its app to do so.

The company will reportedly allow users the choice to enable or disable which services they want to work inside Siri via the menu in iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 settings panel for Apple Intelligence and Siri.

“Extensions allow agents from installed apps to work with Siri, the Siri app and other features on your devices,” Gurman quoted a messaging inside test versions of the upcoming operating systems as reading

Users will also be directed to a new App Store section from this menu to add additional AI services.

An earlier report by Bloomberg had revealed that Apple is also working to bring a standalone Siri app to iPhones with iOS 27 that could make it more like a traditional chatbot with the option of typing in queries, uploading documents and access to past coversations. The company is also said to be adding Siri in Spotlight search feature and adding new features like “Ask Siri” and “Write with Siri” toggles.