Siri AI does not ship in the European Union on iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or watchOS 27 when the software arrives Monday, September 14. Apple’s own newsroom explains the exclusion in unusually specific terms: Apple says it proposed a “Trusted System Agent” approach and an 18-month rollout plan under the Digital Markets Act, and that “EU regulators rejected all proposed solutions.”
The carve-out is narrower than the shorthand “Siri AI is banned in the EU” suggests. Apple ships Siri AI to EU users on macOS 27 and visionOS 27 on the same day, in a supported language, while iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 in the EU ship without it.
Key facts
| Item | What Apple publishes |
|---|---|
| Excluded in the EU | iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27 |
| Included in the EU | macOS 27, visionOS 27, when set to a supported language |
| Apple’s proposal | A “Trusted System Agent” solution plus an 18-month rollout plan |
| Regulator response | Apple says the European Commission “rejected all proposed solutions” |
| Current timeline | Apple states there is “currently no timeline for Siri AI’s availability in the EU on iOS and iPadOS” |
What Apple’s release says, in Apple’s words
The release is headlined “Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27,” with the subhead “Siri AI will be available to EU users on macOS 27 and visionOS 27.” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, is quoted saying: “We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad when we share our new software releases,” adding that Apple’s “hope is to eventually bring Siri AI to the EU.” Apple’s September 9 announcements repeat the exclusion in footnote form: “Siri AI will not be available initially in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Features that rely on Siri AI will also not be available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Apple is working hard to find a path forward that preserves its users’ privacy and security.”
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Why Mac and Vision Pro are treated differently
Apple’s pages are consistent on the split: “Mac and Apple Vision Pro users in the EU will be able to access Siri AI when set to a supported language.” That means the exclusion specifically names iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, not macOS or visionOS. Apple does not explain, on any page fetched for this article, why its DMA analysis treats the phone, tablet and watch operating systems differently from the Mac and Vision Pro ones.
The features that go dark with it
The footnote’s second sentence is broader than Siri itself: “Features that rely on Siri AI will also not be available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.” Apple does not publish a list of which iOS 27 features count as relying on Siri AI, so an EU user on iPhone Duo or any other iPhone cannot check that list against their own device today.
| Platform | Siri AI in the EU on Monday |
|---|---|
| iOS 27 | No |
| iPadOS 27 | No |
| watchOS 27 | No |
| macOS 27 | Yes, in a supported language |
| visionOS 27 | Yes, in a supported language |
What this means for the Siri app’s cross-device sync
Apple describes a dedicated Siri app that “uses iCloud to privately sync conversational history across a user’s products, so they can start chatting with Siri on Mac and continue the conversation on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Apple Vision Pro.” That sync feature is documented, but it depends on Siri AI actually running on each device first. For an EU user, only Mac and Vision Pro run Siri AI at all on Monday, so the cross-device continuity Apple describes has, for now, only two EU platforms to continue between rather than five.
Three months of the same answer
Apple’s “no timeline” position is not new to this week. The DMA release carries a June 8 date, months before the September 9 event that set Monday’s release date, and the September footnote repeats the same shape of statement rather than narrowing it: still no timeline, still the same three excluded operating systems, still the same two included ones. Nothing in the material Apple has published since June 8 shortens the gap or adds a fourth excluded or included platform.
What Apple has not said
Apple has not published a timeline for an EU release on iOS or iPadOS, has not detailed the “Trusted System Agent” beyond naming it, has not listed which features “rely on Siri AI,” and has not explained why the DMA obligations that block iOS, iPadOS and watchOS do not apply the same way to macOS and visionOS. Apple has also not named the specific privacy or security concern behind the regulators’ rejection.
Watch Apple’s newsroom for an update after September 14. Until one appears, EU users can confirm their own device’s status only against the wording above, not against a published date.
