These iPhone users will soon be able to ‘replace’ Siri with a Gemini, Alexa
A major shift is coming to the iPhone, but only for users in Japan, at least for now. Apple is preparing to let people replace Siri with any third-party voice assistant on the iPhone, thanks to a new feature hidden inside the latest iOS 26.2 developer beta.
The change was first spotted in beta 3 of iOS 26.2, which contains new Side button settings that allow users to assign a different voice assistant to the long-press action, traditionally used to summon Siri.
