Apple has agreed to a $US250 million ($A348 million) settlement in a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of misleading iPhone buyers over delayed artificial intelligence upgrades to its Siri voice assistant.
The settlement, which still requires approval from a federal judge in the US state of California, is expected to benefit customers in the United States who bought certain newer iPhone models.
The case centres on delayed artificial intelligence upgrades to Siri.
Apple announced the enhanced Siri at its WWDC developer conference in June 2024 and also temporarily advertised it around the launch of the iPhone 16 model line in September 2024.
However, Apple announced in March 2025 that the software had been delayed, later saying it had not worked reliably enough to be released.
Apple now expects the personalised Siri to become available in 2026.
The improved Siri is intended to be particularly helpful to users because it has access to their personal information and can work across different apps on Apple devices.
The settlement agreement is expected to benefit US customers who bought one of the iPhone 16 models or an iPhone 15 Pro between the WWDC presentation on June 10, 2024, and Apple’s acknowledgement of the delay on March 29, 2025.
Under the settlement, Apple does not admit any wrongdoing.
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