App Intents and the Road to a Smarter Siri

This week, Federico and John revisit App Intents to discuss where it came from, what it can do today, and the challenges Apple faces in integrating it with Apple Intelligence.

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Links and Show Notes

Xcode 26.3

Xcode 26.3

App Intents framework

SiriKit

WidgetKit

Private Cloud Compute

XPC

AI Models and Services Discussed

Claude (Anthropic)

ChatGPT (OpenAI)

OpenAI Codex models (5.2 and 5.3)

Google Gemini

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Third-Party Apps and Services

Todoist

GoodLinks

Firecrawl

Sequel

AppStories+ Post-Show

Messy Mac Transitions