When will Apple’s AI-powered Siri become available in Korean?

Industry sources said Korean customers would be able to use the service starting in October, with support for Korean beginning that month. The new Siri had previously launched in English as a beta in September.

What can Apple’s new Siri do with a user’s personal context and apps?

Siri can use personal context to find information in a user’s messages, such as retrieving a recipe link for a dish from a previous trip. Apple also says it can take more actions across apps and has expanded integration with domestic apps, while reportedly working with Kakao and Naver on optimization.

How does Apple say Siri AI handles data when using Google Gemini?

Apple says Siri runs within the company’s own security framework. Data used for answers that require AI workload processing is designed to be deleted immediately.

Apple to make Siri AI available in Korea this month: sources

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Apple is set to make its generative AI-powered Siri assistant available in Korean starting this month, industry sources said Wednesday. The expansion follows a September beta launch of the new Siri in English. Apple says the assistant can understand personal context, answer questions about visual content and take more actions across apps. The service is powered by Google’s Gemini and is designed to delete data immediately when AI processing is required.

Key Facts

Siri can search a user’s message logs to retrieve a recipe link for a dish they ate during a previous trip.
Apple says Siri’s visual intelligence can understand content across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro.
Apple is reportedly working with Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp. to optimize the service and has expanded its integration with domestic apps.
Apple says Siri operates within its own security framework despite being powered by Google’s Gemini.

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Published Oct 21, 2026 3:04 pm KST
Updated Oct 21, 2026 3:13 pm KST

The Apple HomeView, an iPad-like device showcasinf its AI-upgraded Siri virtual assistant / Reuters-Yonhap

Korean customers will be able to use Apple's generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant soon, as the tech giant is set to support Korean on its Siri AI starting this month, industry sources said Wednesday.

The latest service expansion comes after Apple made a beta launch of the new Siri in English in September. Siri AI is a profoundly more capable and conversational assistant with personal context understanding, broad world knowledge, onscreen awareness and even more systemwide app actions, the company said in a release.

For example, if a user asks Siri what the recipe was for a dish eaten during a previous trip, it can search the user's message logs and pull up a link of the recipe for that specific dish.

Another function of Siri AI is its visual intelligence, which offers powerful image understanding and multimodal capabilities. Users can ask questions about visual content across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, the company explained.

Apple is said to have expanded Siri AI's integration with domestic apps and is reportedly working with local IT companies, including Kakao Corp. and Naver Corp., for service optimization.

Siri AI is powered by Google's Gemini. But Apple said it operates within the company's own security framework and is designed to immediately delete data for answers that require AI workload processing.

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