Apple has spent years promising a smarter Siri. Most of those promises came with delays. Siri app privacy wasn’t really part of the conversation. Now, ahead of WWDC 2026 next month, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that’s about to change.
The new standalone Siri app, coming with iOS 27, will give users control over how long Apple keeps their conversation history. Siri app privacy options will include three choices: auto-delete chats after 30 days, after one year, or keep them indefinitely. It mirrors how the Messages app already handles retention. You pick what you’re comfortable with, and Siri follows suit.
What Else the New Siri App Brings
The Siri app is a much bigger shift than just those privacy controls. It’s a full chatbot experience with conversation history, file uploads, and new chat creation. Two interface options let you open straight into a new conversation or browse a Messages-style list of past ones.
On the backend, Apple is routing requests through its own Private Cloud Compute system. That matters because Siri now runs on Google Gemini, following a multi-year deal Apple and Google announced earlier this year. Apple says Google won’t use your conversations for model training, though the specifics of how that actually works remain vague.
That’s where Siri app privacy gets interesting as a talking point. Gurman notes Apple plans to ship the whole thing with a beta label at launch, the same approach it took with Apple Intelligence in iOS 18. The auto-delete controls are a genuine step forward. Whether the rest of the product is ready is a question WWDC will answer.
