Giannandrea’s departure comes after Apple’s major iOS 18 Siri failure. Apple introduced a smarter, “Apple Intelligence” version of Siri at WWDC 2024, and advertised the functionality when marketing the iPhone 16. In early 2025, Apple announced that it would not be able to release the promised version of Siri as planned, and updates were delayed until spring 2026.
Great video from Snazzy Labs recapping that whole situation can be found here. Seems like the reporting from back a few months ago might have been accurate?
Something to ponder, I suppose, as we’ll never know the true answer.