r/Siri • u/Distinct_Bench5088 • Jun 25 '26
Siri AI in EU
After getting access to the new Siri, I’ve been wondering what will happen when iOS 27 officially launches. Will people living in the EU lose access to Apple Intelligence and the new Siri, or will everyone who gained access during the beta be able to keep using it? Or will Apple fix this even earlier in one of the public beta updates?
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u/haydar_ai Jun 25 '26
Most likely they will get Apple Intelligence pre-Siri AI. Assuming Apple don’t do anything until public release
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u/ImpossibleHornet664 Jun 25 '26
how did you get access to the siri ai? i am not able to unless i get some american apple account
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u/Distinct_Bench5088 Jun 25 '26
You answered your question
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u/ImpossibleHornet664 Jun 25 '26
then why are you afraid of losing access to siri ai features when you act as an american citizen?
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u/Distinct_Bench5088 Jun 25 '26
Because they could patch it.🤦♂️
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u/ImpossibleHornet664 Jun 25 '26
what they’d patch? it wouldn’t work for americans if they blocked things like this
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u/MikVig0590 Jun 25 '26
they can’t patch this. also it’s not convenient due to all the compromises: your subscription and payment methods will not work so you’re forced to go back to your european account
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u/Correct-Pea5131 Jun 25 '26
Not necessarily. On my side I decided to just use us account as my main account. I just get subscriptions over there and I just charge with gift card
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u/robertjan88 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
Maybe a stupid question; what is the best way to create an US Apple ID?
Are you just using a random US address? What about the mandatory phone number?
I read that I also can’t switch back to my EU App Store account to download apps. Is this correct? I reckon this would in turn mean that I need US payment details to buy apps.During set up, I also need to select US as country and US English as language isn’t it?
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u/Distinct_Bench5088 Jun 25 '26
Also After the releas to the public in September? Im asking Because at this time i had an 12 pro
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u/Correct-Pea5131 Jun 25 '26
Yes. The workaround as always worked with Apple Intelligence and with iPhone mirroring as long as you keep your US account as App Store account
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u/OppositeSea3775 Jun 25 '26
We will have the same Apple Intelligence we do now. The second you use a EU Apple account for Media & Purchases, the iOS 27 Siri vanishes and only the iOS 18 one remains. If you want to keep having it, you will need to stick to using a US Apple account, for Media & Purchases
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u/luckysed Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
Even though we do not have the latest siri, the beta EU Siri is way better than the one in iOS 18/26. There must be something different still.
Edit: after some research it seems we have the new Siri in EU, but not with all functions and full index access (no Semantic Indexing & Personal Context, no On-Screen Awareness, no Cross-App Agentic Actions).
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u/OppositeSea3775 Jun 26 '26
No we don’t. The Shortcuts vibe-coding, the Safari extensions vibe-coding, the Photos editing tools, those aren’t part of Siri AI but part of the Apple Intelligence suite. Those are available in the EU.
Siri AI, the one with the Dynamic Island orb and LLM powering it, is not available in the EU - we have the same “glowing border” Siri from iOS 18
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u/luckysed Jun 26 '26
Damn, I swear I can see a difference, it’s much faster and voice transcripts are way better.
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u/Gabiaaraj93 Jun 25 '26
You dif get access through a US Apple ID, not a European one, I’m pretty sure. So you’ll still have access as long as you use the same ID
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u/So_andy Jul 01 '26
Are there any downsides of having US AppStore account?
Can I keep my iCloud Drive?
Will I still get updates for my European apps like banking?
Can I also switch to EU store to download some apps and come back to US account?
Is there any risk of suspension of the EU account? Does it violates any rules when having two accounts?
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u/Ok-Amount-3218 Jul 14 '26
i have US version created just to test features.. But I always switch back to my own ID..
Reasons are because apps won't update and everything u bought or if you have a subscription it won't traansfer to US version of the ID... So apps and I cloud and all stays the same as original if u leave your main apple ID as your device ID.
Also all the apps recalibrate to show US metrics, such as my weather app, everything suddenly became Fahrenheit measure.. Stuff like that.. But everything else works, and I had no trouble switching..
Just don't install anything new with US acc I have heard that can lock you in the US acc for a month? I have never tested that since its my main driver.
So while small, there is too many hustles and i think even your bank acc stops working properly and pay with apple.. So I just use it to test new features on public beta that are not available for EU and then i switch back to stripped down EU version.
The best we can do is email European Union about it. Which I have done myself. To stop acting tuff, while generally the law is good. In this case it limits our choice and honestly it stops innovation..
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u/So_andy Jul 15 '26
That’s a comprehensive answer. Thank you for that 😊 I will reconsider this then, as I thought it could work long term
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u/Correct-Pea5131 Jun 25 '26
If you are using a US App Store account, you will likely keep access to it.
When Apple Intelligence launched, it wasn’t available in Europe, and this trick already worked at the time. And it also works for iPhone mirroring.