App Intents and the Road to a Smarter Siri

This week, Federico and John revisit App Intents to discuss where it came from, what it can do today, and the challenges Apple faces in integrating it with Apple Intelligence.

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Links and Show Notes

Xcode 26.3

• Xcode 26.3
• App Intents framework
• SiriKit
• WidgetKit
• Private Cloud Compute
• XPC

AI Models and Services Discussed

• Claude (Anthropic)
• ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • OpenAI Codex models (5.2 and 5.3)
• Google Gemini
• MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Third-Party Apps and Services

• Todoist
• GoodLinks
• Firecrawl
• Sequel

AppStories+ Post-Show

• Messy Mac Transitions

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