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Learn how to get rid of the irritating ‘Write with Siri’ button and the Siri icon that shows above the iOS 27 keyboard on iPhone and iPad.

Apple has partnered with Google and now uses a custom Gemini model to power Siri and its AI features. As a result, Siri is vastly improved, and Apple is leaving no stone unturned to make sure you notice.

One of the things the new Siri does in iOS 27 is take over the keyboard’s predictions area at launch, then morph into a smaller Siri icon when you start typing (after all, it has to make way for word predictions).

Just like I detest the Copilot icon in Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard, I absolutely don’t like ‘Write with Siri’ showing up on my stock iOS keyboard. It may make sense for a minute in apps like Pages, where I have long documents and could use Siri to help proofread or rewrite a few lines. But why in the world am I going to tap the ‘Write with Siri’ button in the Messages app for casual conversation?

On top of that, I fear these AI writing tools will make me (and people in general) dumber over the years. I really don’t want to depend on an AI writing tool to jot my thoughts in a note or send someone a quick text or email.

So I turned it off, and I will show you how to do the same on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 27 or iPadOS 27, both of which are currently in beta.

Block Write with Siri from showing on iPhone keyboard

1) Open the iOS 27 Settings app.

2) Tap Screen Time.

3) Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.

4) Turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions.

5) Tap Siri.

6) Tap Writing Assistance and set it to Don’t Allow.

7) Force quit and reopen the writing app, or just restart your iPhone.

Write with Siri will no longer show up above your iPhone keyboard. The minimized Siri icon won’t show up on the left side of the predictions row either. But you may still see the Siri option in the thin menu strip or big menu pane when you select text, and you can use it to proofread or fix your writing.

Since Apple doesn’t provide a simple switch in Siri settings, you’ll have to do this by enabling Screen Time restrictions, as shown above. This is fine if you’re blocking the Siri writing tool on your child’s device. But on personal devices, enabling Content & Privacy Restrictions, along with setting up a Screen Time passcode (which isn’t needed to hide Write With Siri), can lead to minor inconveniences, like the Sign Out button being grayed out in your Apple Account panel.

If you ever want to get Siri’s constant help for writing, return to Screen Time restriction settings and allow Writing Assistance.

If you don’t like iOS 27 beta, there is still time for you to downgrade to iOS 26. Once iOS 27 is released publicly in September, Apple, in its usual fashion, will stop signing iOS 26, and you won’t be able to downgrade.

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/08/19/block-write-with-siri/

Learn how to choose between Siri and ChatGPT for your questions in the new Siri app, depending on which AI assistant you prefer or which one you think can handle the specific task better.

iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 add a new dedicated Siri app, in line with other popular AI apps like ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude.

In addition to keeping all your Siri conversations in one spot, the new Siri app also works as a regular AI chat app, thanks to Apple’s partnership with Google and its decision to use the Gemini model under the hood to power Siri.

Apple first integrated ChatGPT in iOS 18 a couple of years back, and if Siri couldn’t handle a request because it was too complex for it, it would ask your permission to use ChatGPT to handle that task. You could also enable automatic approval to speed things up.

Now, thanks to the Gemini backend, Siri in Apple’s OS 27 is already on par with what the erstwhile Siri-ChatGPT integration could do. Plus, Apple and OpenAI are in a legal battle over trade secrets. Still, all things considered, their partnership has continued, and you can choose to use ChatGPT in the new Siri app if you want.

Use ChatGPT in the Siri AI app

You can make this change on both iOS and macOS.

iOS

1) Update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 27 or iPadOS 27 (currently in beta).

2) Set up the new Siri AI.

3) Open the Siri app and start a new conversation by tapping the compose icon.

4) Touch and hold the Ask Siri typing field and tap Ask. Then, select ChatGPT.

5) The ‘Ask Siri’ placeholder text inside the typing field will change to ‘Ask ChatGPT.’ Now, OpenAI will handle whatever question you ask here instead of Apple.

macOS

1. Update your Mac to macOS 27 Golden Gate or install it on a partition.
2. Set up the new Siri AI.
3. Open the Siri app and start a new chat.
4. Control-click in the Ask Siri field and select Ask > ChatGPT.

Tip: Asking something like “But this is the Siri app!” switches back from ChatGPT to Siri. But the reverse, that is, asking it to ‘Switch to ChatGPT’ won’t work; it instead opens the ChatGPT app if you have it installed.

A couple of things to note

• In my tests, I found that the Siri app defaults back to Siri after you start a new conversation, exit the chat and return to it, or close and reopen the app. There’s currently no way to permanently or persistently set the Siri AI app to use ChatGPT.
• What you ask ChatGPT in the Siri app will not show in your own ChatGPT history, even if you sign in to your OpenAI account in device Settings > Siri > ChatGPT.

If you can’t use ChatGPT in the Siri app

If the ChatGPT extension is off and you follow the steps above, you’ll be asked to enable it first. In case that fails:

• Quit the Siri app on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone.
• Go to macOS System Settings or iOS Settings > Siri > ChatGPT and turn on Use Extension.
• Reopen the Siri app and repeat the steps above. If it still fails, restart your device.

Other AI service integration may be added in the future

Industry leaks say Apple is open to the idea of allowing other services (I’m guessing like Claude or Grok) to have the same level of integration ChatGPT currently has. When that happens, you should be able to select those just like you can do ChatGPT now, but it may require having their app installed on your iPhone. ChatGPT has no such requirement, as it has been integrated into iOS since iOS 18.

Also, check out: Tips to customize the new iOS 27 Siri app on iPhone or Mac

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/08/20/use-chatgpt-in-siri-app/