Apple’s new Siri AI chatbot might know when you’ve been bending its ear — and encourage you to take a break. A hidden piece of code in iOS 27 reveals that Siri AI could remind you to chill out if a conversation runs too long.
It’s a small detail, but it suggests Apple is clearly thinking about what happens when you don’t stop talking to Siri.
Siri AI might remind you to ‘take a break’ from chats
In recent years, cases of AI psychosis — a phenomenon where individuals rely on chatbots way too much — have been on the rise. Companies like OpenAI are aware of the problem and have been using similar break reminders for quite some time now.
The news of Siri AI’s chat warnings comes via Aaron Perris, who wrote Monday on X about a piece of code in iOS 27. If you talk to Siri AI for a certain length of time, he wrote, it could show a message saying, “You’ve been in this conversation for <n/a> hours – consider taking a break. Siri is not a person, but will be here when you are ready to continue.”
In iOS 27, if you use the new Siri for too long, you may receive a “take a break messsage”
“You’ve been in this conversation for <n/a> hours – consider taking a break.
Siri is not a person, but will be here when you’re ready to continue” pic.twitter.com/X63Vd2ehTS
— Aaron (@aaronp613) June 9, 2026
There’s no fixed time interval in the code, meaning Apple might use signals to show the message. Either way, it currently only exists in code strings and hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Apple might include such safety features in Siri AI from the start, even if it hasn’t said so publicly.
What else is new with Siri AI?
For this year’s operating system updates, Apple reinvented Siri AI from the ground up. It’s more than just a feature update, with Apple using both on-device Apple Intelligence processing and Private Cloud Compute.
The AI-powered Siri can check your messages, emails and photos to show what you are looking for. Ask it to locate a hotel confirmation, or find a restaurant mentioned in a text, and it can do that in iOS 27.
Siri is also getting on-screen awareness, meaning it can answer questions about what’s on your screen. It can also handle natural conversations, follow questions, and search the internet for virtually anything.
Then there’s the standalone Siri app, which syncs your conversation history across the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. This means you can start a conversation on your Mac and pick up where you left off on other Apple devices.
Visual Intelligence, previously limited to the iPhone, will come to the iPad and Mac as well.
When will I get it?
Siri AI is currently available via a waitlist in the developer betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and visionOS 27. A public beta is expected next month for iPhone 15 Pro and newer models, as well as M1-powered iPads and Macs or newer devices.
Those in the European Union may have to wait due to complications with the Digital Markets Act. And China could also be excluded from the initial rollout.
The Siri AI break reminder isn’t confirmed to go live yet, and it might never ship at all. But iOS 27 is already shaping up to be a thoughtful software update.
Anurag Chawake is a tech-focused writer specializing in smartphones, apps and consumer technology. His interest in computers began during the Windows 98 era, eventually leading him to explore everything from operating systems to mobile devices and PC hardware. Anurag previously contributed to The Indian Express, covering Apple, Android, gaming and the broader technology landscape.
