Market2026-08-21

Apple is cutting jobs on the teams behind the Siri voice assistant and the Vision Pro headset, including its immersive video and gaming groups, as it shifts resources toward new devices and artificial intelligence. Layoffs also hit the Intelligent Systems Experience group inside software engineering, which builds some of the AI features on Apple devices. Apple has not stated how many roles are affected.

What changed

Apple staffed separate teams for Siri, Vision Pro immersive video and gaming alongside its AI software group.

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