I'm confused. Apple talked a lot about how great their on device AI model (especially on devices with newer chips and 12GB of RAM like the iPhone 17 Pro) at WWDC but the new Siri AI app in iOS 27 Beta 1 doesn't even work offline. Hopefully it is just a beta thing. Also is it is just me or does this 'Syncing with iCloud Paused' UI not feal very Apple-like? Other than that this is a very smooth Beta 1.
- Also no 'Siri mode in Camera' on iPad, but Siri AI works in screenshots mode? Why Apple?
- Siri AI is 99% a cloud service

