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Apple's Siri AI Debuts, But Health Features Lag
9 Jun
Summary
- Apple unveiled an agentic Siri AI with a dedicated app at WWDC 2026.
- New Siri AI will integrate across all Apple devices, from Macs to watches.
- Health and AI features on Apple Watch were less advanced than competitors.
At WWDC 2026, Apple finally revealed a powerful, agentic Siri AI, complete with its own dedicated application. This new iteration of Siri is engineered to integrate across Apple's entire ecosystem, from Macs to the Apple Watch. The conference also saw improvements to the Apple Watch's health and fitness features, including enhanced Workout Buddy guidance and new heart rate zone insights.
Further health updates for the Apple Watch include the addition of menopausal and perimenopausal condition tracking in cycle monitoring and more accurate treadmill metrics. Siri AI also demonstrated health-related capabilities, such as finding healthy recipes and explaining stretching routines. However, the AI's health features were perceived as less advanced than those offered by competitors.
Despite rumors, Apple did not announce a dedicated AI health and fitness model this year, a feature present in rival products like the Google Fitbit Air. The Google Health Coach, accessed via a smartphone app, provides a superior display for detailed health information and personalized workout modifications, which Apple currently lacks.
Apple's own premium service, Apple Fitness+, has a vast library of content, leading to expectations that a health coaching feature would be integrated with the Siri AI revamp. It is anticipated that such a feature may be introduced at WWDC 2027. The rollout of watchOS 27 to a limited number of modern watches was also highlighted as a potentially missed opportunity.
