Apple settles $250 million Apple Ai Settlement over Siri claims
Apple reached an apple ai settlement on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, agreeing to pay $250 million over claims tied to Apple Intelligence and Siri. The agreement still needs a judge’s approval before any payments can move forward.
The lawsuit said Apple led consumers to believe the Apple Intelligence suite was more capable than it was. If a judge approves the deal, people who bought an iPhone 16 or certain iPhone 15 models between June 2024 and March 2025 may be eligible for as much as $95 per device.
San Jose court deal
The case centered on allegedly false advertising tied to Apple Intelligence and Siri. The features at issue first shipped on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max in June 2024, while the Apple Intelligence-native iPhone 16 line shipped later in 2024.
That sequence matters for buyers looking at the settlement. The eligible devices cover models sold during the period when Apple had already shipped the first Apple Intelligence features, but before the product line had fully expanded to the iPhone 16 family.
Apple’s Siri delay
The settlement follows Apple’s acknowledgement last year that AI upgrades to Siri were not going to be released on schedule. Apple said in a statement to Daring Fireball at the time, “It’s going to take us longer than we thought to deliver on these features and we anticipate rolling them out in the coming year.”
Craig Federighi also said Apple was working on a version 2 of the new Siri and that the company was no longer publicly offering a speculative release schedule for it. Apple later pulled a now-notorious ad starring Bella Ramsey after the delay became public.
Apple’s statement
Marni Goldberg, an Apple spokesperson, said the company had moved ahead with more than one product line while closing the case. In a statement to, she said, “beginning with “the launch of Apple Intelligence,” Apple has “introduced dozens of features across many languages that are integrated across Apple’s platforms,”” and that Apple had “resolved this matter to stay focused on doing what we do best, delivering the most innovative products and services to our users.”
For buyers who think they may qualify, the practical point is simple: the settlement is not final yet, but the device list and the date window already set the outside limits of who could receive money. The judge’s approval will determine whether that $95-per-device payment becomes available.
