Apple's Siri app in iOS 27 will auto-delete your chats. It may also launch as a beta, again.

"Apple’s first standalone Siri app, coming in iOS 27, will include an auto-delete function for chat histories that borrows from the Messages app. Users will be able to configure the app to retain conversations for 30 days, one year, or indefinitely. The feature is designed to position Apple’s approach to AI privacy as structurally different from competitors that offer temporary or incognito chat modes as optional settings users must manually enable."

"The Siri app will function as a chatbot akin to ChatGPT or Claude, serving as a repository for past conversations that users can search, continue, or delete. It can be accessed either through the standard Siri activation, via the side button or wake word, or through a new “Search or Ask” mode triggered by swiping down from the top centre of the screen. The app will support both voice and text input, file uploads, and web-sourced answers with images and bullet points."

"Users will be able to choose whether the app opens to a grid of prior conversations or a new chat each time. The privacy architecture is Apple’s competitive differentiator, and also its excuse. Competing chatbots rely heavily on conversation histories and memory systems to personalise responses and improve over time. Apple is placing tighter limits on what information can persist and how long it is retained, building the restrictions into the system itself rather than offering them as optional modes."

"Apple’s position is that such protections should not require users to opt in. Meta launched a temporary chat feature just last week. The strategic context makes the privacy framing more interesting than it appears on the surface. Apple has quietly replaced much of its own AI infrastructure with Google’s Gemini, paying roughly $1 billion annually f"

Apple’s standalone Siri app in iOS 27 will store past conversations that users can search, continue, or delete. The app will include an auto-delete feature for chat histories, with configurable retention options of 30 days, one year, or indefinite storage. The chatbot will accept voice and text input, support file uploads, and provide web-sourced answers with images and bullet points. Access will be available through standard Siri activation and a new “Search or Ask” mode triggered by swiping down from the top center of the screen. Users will be able to choose whether the app opens to a grid of prior conversations or starts a new chat each time. Privacy protections will be built into the system rather than offered as optional modes.

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