Siri has always been lame — until now. Here’s how to make the latest version pay off.

After more than a decade of jokes, false promises, and disappointments, Apple’s Siri is finally worth the hype. The latest version brings a bunch of new capabilities to iPhone, thanks to Apple Intelligence. Here’s what it can do and how you can enable it on your device — if you meet the requirements.

The new Siri isn’t just marketing fluff or corporate spin. It’s real. I’ve used it for more than a week, and I’ve come away impressed. Granted, Siri isn’t perfect. It makes mistakes, just like any other AI chatbot from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. But compared to the old Siri that sometimes struggled with basic facts, the new version is light-years ahead. It’s even good enough to replace some interactions you might have with