Siri AI drops its waitlist as CEO John Ternus floats paid cloud tier

Apple ended the waitlist for most eligible users of its rebuilt Siri. Siri AI now downloads automatically once a user opts in.

On the earnings call, CEO John Ternus suggested that heavier server-side Apple Intelligence usage could become a paid upgrade. Services revenue reached $31.6B, up 10%.

The developer side expanded too:

- iOS 27.3 betas open Siri AI to third-party apps, with on-device context and systemwide actions in six languages. Siri AI remains unavailable in the EU.

- Siri Recaps arrive in the betas, along with other Audio Intelligence features for Apple Watch Series 12.

Apple is also cost-conscious internally. It reportedly cut engineers' daily AI budgets from $300 to $200, with $100 planned. A paid tier would follow Microsoft's struggles with Copilot metering, and signals that even Apple has not settled on how to price AI.