Why EU iPhone Users Won’t Get the New Siri AI in iOS 27

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Apple just unveiled the most ambitious version of Siri in the assistant’s 15-year history — and yet, for users across the European Union, it’s already blocked. At WWDC 2026 on June 8, Apple confirmed it won’t ship Siri AI in the EU with the release of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27. As a result, there’s no Siri AI Europe release date on the calendar. Here’s what’s happening, why it matters, and whether this impasse has any path forward.

What Makes Siri AI Such a Big Deal

Before getting into the regulation battle, it helps to understand what’s actually at stake.

The new Siri AI is the most significant overhaul of the assistant in its history — finally competing head-to-head with ChatGPT and Google Gemini after years of delays. As we covered in our full WWDC 2026 breakdown, the rebuilt Siri now runs on Google Gemini models under the hood, ships with a dedicated standalone app, and can interact with your messages, calendar, files, and apps in real time.

So, here’s a side-by-side look at what iOS 27 users get globally versus what EU users lose:

iOS 27 Core Feature	Global (US, Asia…)	EU
Standalone Siri App	✅ Available	❌ Blocked
Visual Intelligence experience	✅ Available	❌ Blocked
System-wide Writing Tools	✅ Available	❌ Blocked
Siri Mode in Camera	✅ Available	❌ Blocked
Third-party AI apps (ChatGPT / Gemini)	✅ Available	✅ Available (via standard App Store only)

That’s not a minor tweak. It’s the whole product — blocked for 450 million people.

The DMA: What It Is and Why It’s Causing Problems

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is EU legislation that came into force in 2022 with one main goal: to stop big tech companies from using their platforms to shut out rivals. Specifically, Apple, Google, Meta, and others are classified as “gatekeepers“ under the law. That means if Apple builds a feature for Siri, it must offer competitors the same access to iOS’s system tools — that’s what the law calls “interoperability.”