Siri AI App Intents are how an iPhone app lets someone ask Siri to check a delivery or book a reservation, without opening the app. Those examples come from Apple’s 3 Nov 2026 news post, the day Apple opened the Siri AI developer preview to all developers in the iOS 27.3 beta, with matching betas for iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision. Apps now bring their actions and content into Siri AI through App Intents.
Based on Apple’s public news post and App Intents documentation, checked 10 Nov 2026. The preview may change, so check Apple’s pages before you act.
Siri AI App Intents are how an iPhone app offers selected actions and content to Siri AI. Apple opened the developer preview on 3 Nov 2026, in the iOS 27.3 beta. People can ask Siri to do things the app has made available. Apple says App Store submission opens in the spring, which we read as spring 2027.
What Siri AI App Intents are, in plain terms
An app declares a small set of actions, and the content those actions need: check a delivery, add an item to a list, start a booking. Siri AI can then find and run them. This uses Apple’s existing App Intents framework, and Siri AI can now use custom actions and content, including personal context, onscreen awareness, and natural language. Siri only uses what the app exposes on purpose, as the preview documentation says.
This is the same idea on iPhone that we described for Android in Letting AI assistants use your Android app, through Apple’s App Intents.
Skills, when one action is not enough
Apple is introducing skills so you can teach Siri AI how to combine several actions into a single experience. Apple’s app skills documentation adds that a skill guides Siri, and you cannot use it to enforce a fixed sequence.
What Siri can find
Siri AI can surface entities in the Spotlight semantic index, including ones that do not fit an existing Apple schema. The app still has to put those entities into Spotlight. If something is on screen, a phrase such as “this order” can work.
Where it stands today
This is a developer preview, and Apple says it may change. Siri AI requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled device set to a supported language. Apple currently lists English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, and says support will soon expand to Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Hindi is not on that list. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Siri AI is currently unavailable in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. It is not available for users under 13.
Apple says first shipping to customers comes in a few months. Apple says App Store submission opens in the spring, which we read as spring 2027. Terms and usage policies are still to come. Testing today is limited to development-signed builds and internal TestFlight, and not available to external testers or App Store versions.
Which actions to expose, and which to keep behind confirmation
You decide which actions become tools Siri can call. Apple’s ToolIntent guidance says the best candidates are actions a person can ask for in a single sentence, with details Siri can fill in from that request. Apple’s example is adding batteries to a cart. Start with low-risk actions: check a delivery, look up an order, or add an item to a list or cart, and keep the exposed set narrow, as we wrote in scoping what an agent can call. This post is only about which iPhone actions you offer to Siri AI.
Keep payments, deletions, and other irreversible or shared updates behind confirmation. In Explore advanced App Intents and Secure your app, Apple describes Siri asking for confirmation on actions with meaningful side effects, especially when the content is shared or public, and says risky actions should not be available from the lock screen. Apps can also require authentication before Siri shows financial details, according to Bringing custom actions and content to Siri. For money or other irreversible steps, a human approval gate still applies.
The news post uses “placing an order” as something Siri AI can carry out. The ToolIntent page treats “placing an order and paying for it” as a poor first tool, and as an action the person should start explicitly. For a multi-step flow, such as search, add to cart, and confirm a purchase, a skill can guide Siri. Still keep the final money step behind confirmation.
How to test before you ship
- Run a development-signed build on a physical Apple Intelligence device, or share it with internal TestFlight testers only. Try skills on a physical device, not only in the Simulator.
- Try the real phrases people would say. In the foreground, in a Live Activity, or in an ongoing Siri conversation that already mentioned the app, people may leave the app name out. In the background, they need to mention it, according to the preview documentation.
- For the tech lead: Siri Integration Advisor in Xcode; Siri Evaluations to script requests and see which actions Siri calls; App Intents Testing for the actions themselves; and a Spotlight search to confirm the app’s entities appear.
- Do not promise a firm ship date. Apple says App Store submission opens in the spring, which we read as spring 2027. Recheck Apple’s pages for terms and for when submission actually opens.
FAQs
What are Siri AI App Intents?
Siri AI App Intents are how an iPhone app offers selected actions and content to Siri AI, Apple’s rebuilt Siri. Apple opened a developer preview to all developers on 3 Nov 2026, in the iOS 27.3 beta. People can ask Siri, in their own words, to do things the app has explicitly made available.
How do I make my iPhone app work with Siri AI?
You expose selected actions and content through Apple’s App Intents framework, then turn the right actions into tools Siri can call. Index the app’s entities in Spotlight so Siri can find them. Test on an Apple Intelligence device with a development build or internal TestFlight. Apple says App Store submission opens in the spring, which we read as spring 2027.
When can we submit Siri AI support to the App Store?
Apple calls the 3 Nov 2026 release an early developer preview. It says first shipping to customers comes “in a few months,” and that App Store submission opens “in the spring,” which we read as spring 2027. The preview is not available in external TestFlight or in App Store builds today.
What is a Siri AI skill?
A skill is extra guidance you give Siri AI so it can combine several of your app’s actions into one experience. That is how Apple’s 3 Nov 2026 news post introduces skills. Apple’s documentation adds that a skill informs Siri and does not force a fixed sequence of steps.
Can Siri find any content in my app?
Siri AI can surface entities in the Spotlight semantic index, including ones that do not fit an existing Apple schema. The app still has to make those entities available to Spotlight. Siri can only find content and perform actions you expose on purpose through App Intents.
Which actions should we expose to Siri first?
Start with actions a person can ask for in one sentence, such as checking a delivery or adding an item to a list. Keep payments, deletions, and other irreversible or shared updates behind confirmation. Apple’s ToolIntent guidance also treats “placing an order and paying for it” as an action the person should start explicitly.
Where is Siri AI available, and in which languages?
Siri AI needs an Apple Intelligence-enabled device set to a supported language. Apple currently lists English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. It does not list Hindi. Siri AI is currently unavailable in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages.
Plan Siri support for an existing iPhone app
If you run an iPhone app and want Siri AI to use it, Bluelupin can plan and build Siri support, through App Intents, for your existing iPhone app. Book a consultation or write to sales@bluelupin.com.