For the first time in 27.3, Siri AI routes ~2% of English requests to a local model, instead of PCC, when online. Mostly calls and music. Skimmer still runs first and does most on-device work. When your phrasing matches a regex, it handles the request with preset actions.

Nov 9, 2026 · 2:05 PM UTC

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Ooh, so it uses regex first? That explains why, ever since Siri AI became available in Spanish it searches for music named "the living room" when I ask it to control the living room AC 🤦🏻‍♂️ in Spanish "pon música" and "pon la sala a 22°" use the same verb: pon = play, pon = set
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Yep, it’s Skimmer. In Spanish, “pon” + up to 4 words goes straight to music search, and it outranks the Home room pattern. If you add an extra word, you’ll end up routing to PCC, which should handle the query.
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sucks that they're still using regex for routing wtf is this 2022??!?
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It’s not totally unreasonable. You don’t need an LLM to handle a “turn on Do Not Disturb” request, and most people phrase it similarly.
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Small share today, but it's the right direction, hybrid inference is the way
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Skimmer doing the real work on device is the sane split. 🤝
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2% local is a start. Siri is finally learning to work from home 🏡
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apple spent years on the cloud pitch and the local model quietly got the calls and music. regex still runs the show
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Nice, I saw people complain (on other assistants as well) that the old Siri would be more reliable for highly specific tasks that it was built for. I was already wondering if could see a little bit of a return of the 'huge pile of if-then-else', with LLM written rules maybe.
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wondering when will they introduce something like needle from @cactuscompute or is skimmer already kinda similar to that?
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So how about a on device System 1 or help in routing instead?
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Should smth like Jev instead of Regex
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Some specifically music requests could probably use an LLM as opposed to the regex based matching from my experience
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Like iOS 4 voice commands
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Calls and music are the easy cases. I'd bet the share grows once they route on the local model's confidence instead of a regex match.
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