Apple is opening Siri AI actions to third-party apps through the iOS 27.3 Developer Preview. Developers can create app skills that combine several tasks into a single action.
Apple is letting developers integrate Siri AI features that use personal context, natural language requests and on-screen awareness. The iOS 27.3 update is rolling out as a Developer Preview.
Apple previously offered third-party developers a smaller set of features. The expanded access lets users make requests without naming an app when it is in the foreground, during a Live Activity or in a Siri AI conversation about that app.
For companies building apps, app skills offer a way to combine several tasks into one voice request. Apple describes a ride-booking example in which a user follows a Live Activity and then asks Siri AI to change the pickup address.
Apple is also extending these capabilities to its own apps, including Mail, Maps, Files and Calendar. Builders can now explore Siri AI as another route into their services, although the release remains a developer preview rather than evidence of widespread use.
Third-party access gives app businesses a new way to make their services available through an AI assistant.
Requests that do not require an app name make the app’s active context more important to how users reach its features.
The platform opening is concrete, but reliability and user adoption remain unproven in this developer preview.
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