According to recent reports, Apple is brewing a comprehensive visual redesign of Siri, with the new design expected to launch with iOS 26.4 next year, covering iPhone and iPad devices.

The report reveals that this Siri upgrade extends beyond appearance, aiming to achieve true in-app voice control, transitioning from passive response to active operation. Users will be able to complete complex operations through voice input alone, such as finding, editing and sending specific photos, posting and commenting on social media posts, scrolling through shopping apps and adding items to shopping carts.

In addition to upgrading smarter voice interaction features, Apple will also introduce animated avatars for Siri, similar to the Finder logo or Memoji-style personified avatars. It's worth noting that Apple already updated the Siri interface last year for devices supporting Apple Intelligence, with colorful glows appearing around screen edges when activated.

Apple is reportedly preparing the largest upgrade plan for Siri to date, with internal teams actively advancing two major artificial intelligence projects codenamed "Linwood" and "Glenwood." Linwood is Apple's core self-developed project, with the Apple Foundation Models team building large language models to comprehensively reconstruct Siri's "brain."

The parallel Glenwood project represents a strategic shift: Apple is breaking from its long-standing tradition of relying on self-developed technology and is testing the use of Anthropic's Claude as Siri's core engine, having also evaluated ChatGPT and Google Gemini.