Apple's Siri might get an AI app store of its own

Siri's big overhaul will include integrations with various AI agents, and there will even be a marketplace for those in Apple's App Store.

This is according to a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who claims the changes are coming in iOS 27, which should get its first developer beta in June.

In an earlier report, Gurman said Siri is getting new AI smarts as a standalone app, similar to apps from OpenAI, Gemini, and Anthropic. Now, he says Siri will get a feature called "Extensions", allowing users to install third-party AI chatbots and run them inside Siri. Apple already did something similar with OpenAI's ChatGPT, but Extensions will allow for a wider choice of AI agents, and Extensions will get its own App Store section, turning it into an AI App Store of sorts.

Siri itself will get smarter thanks to Google's Gemini tech and Apple's own AI efforts. The idea, it seems, is for Apple to offer just enough functionality to keep people from switching to Android for better AI, and then offer additional features via third-party AI integrations, generating revenue through the App Store's 30 percent commission.

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on June 8, which is likely when Apple will officially unveil many of the features described above.