For a while now, if Siri couldn’t handle your question, it had one option: hand it off to ChatGPT. That’s been the only game in town since Apple Intelligence launched in 2024. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iOS 27 is set to change that, and you might finally be able to use Claude or Gemini through Siri instead.
The plan centers on a new “Extensions” system coming to iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27. If you have a supported AI app installed from the App Store, you’ll be able to toggle it on inside the Apple Intelligence and Siri section of Settings. From there, Siri can route requests to whichever service you’ve enabled. Gemini for tough searches, Claude for writing help, ChatGPT if you’re already paying for it.
What This Means for OpenAI
Apple’s exclusive arrangement with OpenAI has been in place since 2024, making ChatGPT the only Siri third-party AI option available. This Extensions system effectively ends that exclusivity. OpenAI isn’t going away, but it’ll be competing on equal footing with every other AI app in the App Store.
There’s also a financial angle here. Apple earns a commission on App Store subscriptions, so opening Siri up to more AI services creates a new revenue stream. The more AI apps users download and subscribe to, the better it is for Apple’s Services numbers.
Worth keeping in mind is that this is separate from Apple’s deal with Google to rebuild Siri’s core using Gemini models. That’s a backend arrangement affecting how Siri itself works. The Extensions system is different. It’s about letting installed apps handle specific requests when you ask them to, much like how third-party keyboards work today. Gurman says Apple plans to announce the feature at WWDC on June 8.
Apple has had a rough road getting Siri’s AI overhaul off the ground, after missing its own deadlines more than once. Leaning on Google’s Gemini models to rebuild its foundation was already a significant admission. Handing the keys to third-party apps might be the most pragmatic move Apple has made on AI yet.
