The next generation of Apple’s personal assistant isn’t arriving for a while yet — Apple confirmed as much last week — but Siri’s features did advance with the introduction of Apple Intelligence in iOS 18. Most visibly, Siri appears as a glowing rainbow of color dancing around the borders of the screen.
The new design of Siri is a glowing border that distorts everything briefly.
Siri under iOS 18 looks the same as it did in iOS 17 for many people.
After the first Apple Intelligence features arrived in iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and MacOS Sequoia 15.1, they weren’t automatically turned on. You had to sign up and wait for a few hours or days to get access.
The latest updates (iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3 and MacOS Sequoia 15.3) now enable Apple Intelligence automatically, even though it’s still considered a beta feature. If you never signed up for the waitlist, or this is your first jump to iOS 18 from iOS 17, for example, Apple Intelligence should be on and the new Siri interface should appear.
However, if at some point you had Apple Intelligence on your device but you turned it off, the latest updates don’t flip the switch to re-enable it. Go to Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri and make sure the Apple Intelligence toggle is turned on.
Read more: Now Anyone Can Try the Next Apple Intelligence Features in iOS 18.4 Public Beta. How to Download It
Currently Apple Intelligence is not available worldwide and uses only English language models. In Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri, make sure Language is set to one of the following:
