Apple is facing a new wave of class action lawsuits in the US and Canada. The reason is the delay in promised personalized features Siriwhich should have been part of the package Apple Intelligence, but they have not yet reached users. A lawsuit was filed in California this week in which two plaintiffs allege that Apple violated the laws on false advertising and unfair competition. They state that they would iPhone 16 would never have bought (or paid so much for) if they had known that Apple offers broken or unavailable features.
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Apple introduced a new form Siri at last year's conference WWDC 2024, with the news arriving over the next year. In March of this year, however, the company announced that it was postponing the launch and that the features would only arrive over the next year. A similar lawsuit was filed in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and both lawsuits seek damages, which should be determined in court. In practice, this could mean that users who bought iPhone 16 because of the promised new Siri, they will receive from Applu part of the money back. That is, if the court decides that the company actually violated the law. Siri should have been thanks Apple Intelligence able to understand personal context, perceive information on the screen, and better interact with applications. Apple he promoted these features through official presentations, on his website, and in an advertisement featuring actress Bella Ramsey. Lawyers Applu has not yet responded publicly to any of the lawsuits.
