{"id":51823,"date":"2026-05-06T14:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=51823"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:09:47","slug":"delayed-siri-features-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/06\/delayed-siri-features-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Delayed Siri Features Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juli Clover<\/a> (Slashdot<\/a>, Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Apple will pay $250 million<\/a> to settle a class action lawsuit<\/a> accusing it of false advertising and unfair competition after the personalized Siri features it promoted when launching the iPhone 16 were delayed.<\/p>\n

A smarter, Apple Intelligence version of Siri was shown off at WWDC 2024, and then promoted in ads and videos when the iPhone 16 launched in September 2024. After Apple delayed the Siri Apple Intelligence features<\/a> in March 2025, Apple pulled its ads, but they had been running for several months at that point.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you really did buy an $800+ iPhone because of advertised features that never shipped, getting back $25 doesn’t seem like much consolation. I’m not sure what would make sense, though. With a lot of products, you could just extend the return period, but returning an iPhone months or a year later is not very useful because you probably no longer have your old phone to switch back to.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n