Hi everyone, We are developing a live TV streaming app for tvOS that allows users to watch live channels, replay content, and manage cloud recordings. We are struggling to integrate Siri for a seemingly basic use case: switching the live TV channel by voice (e.g. "Hey Siri, switch to channel X on [our app]"). Here is what we have tried and observed: App Intents — we implemented custom intents, but Siri does not resolve them to our app for channel-switching requests. Shortcuts — we added Shortcuts support, but users have to explicitly configure them; Siri never proactively picks our app. In-app and out-of-app — the issue happens in both contexts. When the user asks Siri to switch to a channel, it either does nothing or suggests other applications, never ours. Our questions: Is there a specific INPlayMediaIntent configuration or domain required to handle live TV channel switching via Siri on tvOS? Is proper Siri integration for live TV gated behind the Apple Video Partner Program? If so, is there any public documentation or a path for apps outside the US to access it? Has anyone successfully implemented voice-driven live channel switching on tvOS outside of the Video Partner Program? Any guidance or pointers to relevant WWDC sessions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi, it seems that something in OS27b3 changed regarding Core Spotlight: Whatever I try, Siri and Spotlight only seem to find the text inside the title or displayName attribute. But attributes like textContent or contentDescription or keywords seem to be ignored. Those attributes are still found, when I do a manual search using CSUserQuery or using the AppEntityDefinition.spotlightQuery(_:) in App Intent Testing. I have already filed a Feedback – but wonder whether anyone else is having this issue? FB23635795 Thanks, Friedrich

I have a photo editing app that owns no photo library. I want a user viewing an image in another app (e.g. Photos) to say "filter this image in MyApp" and have Siri hand that on‑screen image to my intent. Targeting iOS 27. What I've tried, and the result in each case: • App Shortcut + @Parameter var image: IntentFile — Siri resolves my other parameters (a filter AppEnum) by voice, but never binds the image; the run fails. • @AppIntent(schema: .photos.setFilter) with a .photos.asset entity — never routes from Photos. • @AppIntent(schema: .system.open): OpenIntent with a custom AppEntity target — "Open this image in MyApp" just launches the app by name; perform() is never called, and the entity query never runs. My understanding from WWDC26 "Build intelligent Siri experiences with App Schemas" (session 240) and "Discover new capabilities in the App Intents framework" (session 345): • Cross‑app content transfer (Transferable + IntentValueRepresentation) seems limited to system value types (IntentPerson, PlaceDescriptor); IntentFile is not a _SystemIntentValue, so an image can't ride that rail. • Onscreen awareness (NSUserActivity.appEntityIdentifier, View Annotations) appears to expose only the foreground app's own content — which here is Photos, not me. Question: Is there a supported way for a third‑party app to receive another app's on‑screen image (vs. a contact/place) through Siri/App Intents today? If so, which API carries the pixels — an IntentFile parameter, @UnionValue, IntentValueQuery, something else — and what must the source app do to make it available? Or is asking "do X to this image in <third‑party app>" simply not supported yet outside Shortcuts?

Hello Team, I am writing to seek clarification regarding an issue I am encountering while integrating App Intents within my application. I have configured an App Intent designed to accept an IntentFile as a parameter for processing. When testing this functionality via the Siri interface, I attach the image file and provide the trigger phrase as expected. However, Siri does not seem to recognize or associate the attached image as the required IntentFile. Consequently, the interaction fails to proceed, and Siri continues to prompt me to select a file. Could you please advise if there is a specific configuration requirement or a known limitation regarding how Siri handles file attachments for IntentFile parameters? I would appreciate any guidance on whether this is an issue with my current implementation or if I am missing a necessary step in the setup process. Thanks & Regards Suresh

I’m on a base iPhone 17 and I‘ve been approved from the waitlist over two weeks ago and when I use Siri, I get the old Siri from before Apple Intelligence was a thing (Glowy orb at the bottom). Inside Siri settings, it looks like it’s supposed to be set up for the new SirI as it shows the app settings. Here are my observations I have found from using beta 1 to 2. Beta 1: Whenever I have the new Siri “enabled”, there is no app I can type “siri://“ and it‘ll open the Siri open saying that’s there’s an update in progress. But if I type that in when I’m using the previous Siri, the app is there and it’s blank When new Siri is ”enabled” and whenever I ask Siri a question she’ll either think and never stop or output a blank answer. But when I turn Siri back to its previous version and open the “sir://“, it stores the conversation and when I open it, it actually answered my question. Beta 2: When installing beta 2 I said “new Siri“ enabled Once it was done installing, I went to iPhone storage and saw that “Apple Intelligence“ storage is increasing size. But then after a minute, it went back down to 14GB Still gave me the old Siri UI Now the siri app is not accessible when typing “siri://“ Siri mode is now in the camera app but it says it’s unavailable The ChatGPT extension area is now blocked because assets are downloading Whenever I visual intelligence and press ask it says that siri support is downloading I left siri alone for 3 days and nothing happened. Still stuck with old siri The ask siri option is everywhere now and when I press it, nothing happens Right now I’m using the previous version of Siri and hoping this bug will be patched and I can use the new Siri AI in Beta 3. *the screenshot provided shows what happens when I use Siri in beta 2 when it’s enabled.

Currently, I have spotlight entities show up when I search for them using Spotlight on iOS 27. These entities are things that are important for users, like campus buildings, accessible entrances, assignments, and more. However, after getting access to Siri AI, it seems that none of this information at all is available to Siri, yet all of it is sitting there in the spotlight index and viewable with a written query. I was told by an Apple Engineer that creating Indexed and EnumerableEntities, and indexing them via the App Intents framework, should expose information about these items to Siri, so if I query: "[Building name] in Ohio State" it would at least show me what the app has for that information. Presently, Siri uses the web for everything and doesn't pull in any spotlight information for my app, despite either creating wrapper entities or using the API associating with spotlight. With Siri AI, it would be so much more helpful for a disabled user to say "Orton Hall accessible entrance" and Siri to know that there's 1 accessible entrance indexed in spotlight in my app, and then show or open it, instead of querying the web or saying it can't answer the question. It has all available information already in spotlight to answer this question. Currently, as far as I'm aware, something like this simply doesn't work, unless your app conforms to the strict use cases of making reminders or calendar events, all of which aren't useful here. Can a Frameworks engineer please clarify precisely when and how IndexedEntities (paired with an a corresponding macro-annotated OpenIntent) eg: @AppIntent(schema: .system.open) struct OpenBuildingIntent: OpenIntent { @Parameter(title: "Building") var Building: BuildingEntity ... will or will not be visible using Siri AI? To me it seems I have wasted a lot of time porting actions within my app to App Intents, and viewable entities with AppEntity, only to have Siri not be able to use any of this information out of the box.

In my UIKit apps, collection view cells that have a context menu gain an Ask Siri item in iOS 27 without me doing anything. In my SwiftUI app I have a LazyVGrid containing a ForEach of CellView which is a Button that has a contextMenu, yet there’s no Ask Siri button in the context menu. What determines whether or not it will be added? What do I need to do to allow the system to add it?

My phone no longer shows the waitlist for Siri and has the option to "Try New Siri." I select it, continue, continue and the settings change to "Siri (Beta)" and the waitlist option is no longer there, but when using Siri it's the old pre-Apple Intelligence Siri that activates (little bubble at the bottom) and it does not work. Going to Safari and typing "Siri://" opens the New Siri App, but it says "Siri Update in Progress; Adding support for Siri hasn't completed. Open Settings to check the status." The app does not show up in Spotlight. My phone is done Indexing and all signs point to my phone being enrolled to use the New Siri, but it isn't working at all and still has not shown up. I've tried restarting a few times. Anyone experiencing this too?

Inquiring if there are any bugs in the wait list for obtaining access to Siri AI. Most developers I know have received access at this point, my devices are still waitlisted. Are their steps outside of region / language that can cause longer wait times for admittance and are there steps I should take to ensure their is not a hitch in the system, or is this truly a slow rollout and I will just be a week behind the curve in development ?

There seems to be a lack of clarity about how this Siri AI rollout is working. Does the indexing have anything to do with getting taken off the waitlist, or are they completely separate? Also, what is the expected wait time and has anyone gotten the new Siri after the initial wave of approvals (after 4 hours after the keynote)? The waitlist is extremely slow compared to the initial Apple Intelligence waitlist from a couple of years ago.

Its been 3 days since i had requested for Siri AI , still in the waitlist. This is disappointing .

Share your experiences and any problems with Siri AI (iOS27 BETA) in detail. Describe which functions you particularly noticed, which difficulties you had, and in which situations Siri AI helped or disappointed you. Your detailed reports help us to talk about it in a targeted manner and find solutions or tips together.

I just watched the "Build Intelligent Siri experiences with App Schemas" and I'm confused about how to integrate my app with the new Apple Intelligence + Siri in iOS27. I think it mentions specifically that Siri needs to adopt App Schemas, and that just adopting App Intents in my app isn't enough for it to integrate with the new Siri. Is that correct? The 'schemas' seem to be a narrow set of specific activities. What if my app's actions (or intents) don't match closely with it? For example, in my app, I have entities like Tags and Contacts. I can 'create tag' as well as 'add tags to a contact' as 2 different App intents. If I'm using just App Intents on their own, would these not map to the new Siri? I can also add a 'task' to a 'contact'. Would that possibly work with Siri? The videos just don't seem to make an effort to explain what is and what isn't possible.

What should we know about testing the new Siri and beta software on iPad vs iPhone if we do not have a space 17 PRO device for beta software testing? And can the new Siri AI be activated on an iPad? Any requirements? Any other testing options? Thank you.

With visionOS 27, if you use a non US Apple ID, if the language is set to English on the country to USA, you don’t get Siri AI even if Siri AI is supposed to be available on visionOS 27 in all countries if the system is in English. iOS and iPadOS are the only systems where Siri AI is not available in Europe. As macOS, visionOS is supposed to have Siri AI enabled worldwide if the system is configured in English. The problem is confirmed with many French Vision Pro users with a French Apple ID. Feedback: FB23207278

Are there specific Entitlements (com.apple.security.temporary-exception.files.absolute-path.read-write or network exceptions) required to allow App Intents to talk to local UNIX sockets or loopback interfaces (127.0.0.1) without triggering sandbox violations?

I’ve found nothing about the waitlist, like when are there expected openings, how does an opening occur, and do I need to do anything else except join the waitlist? It’s been indexing for the same amount of time that I’ve been waiting for Siri, so is that a factor?

I am still on the waitlist since Day 1… Such a poor preparedness and leadership by Apple… That’s it… My primary Sim is going back to Samsung…

i have been on the waitlist since the release , I have asked many of my friends and they got it at very different times , who got it in hours who in days , and then there's me , a whole week of waiting for nothing , as a developer this is affecting my workflow but there's nothing more to do than reporting it to apple via the feedback app. the thing that makes us all anxious its not being able to see our position in line if there even is one because users reported that who downloaded and joined the waitlist later got it sooner than someone who installed iOS 27 and joined the waitlist before . AS OF RIGHT NOW I NOTICED A PATTERN. NEWER DEVICES THAT FINISH THE INDEXING FASTER GET THRU THE WAITLIST , while others like iPhone 15 pro and iPad m1 GET TO WAIT EVEN IF THE INDEXING IS FINISHED . what can we do other than wait , is there any way of KNOWING YOUR CURRENT STATE IN WAITING IN LINE.

It has been been days since WWDC without Siri at this point as it says it is still indexing. Does anyone have any suggestions?