Apple's Siri on iPhone and iPad will soon be able to perform actions even without the internet, although there are limits with the iOS upgrade. Apple’s digital assistant Siri will process audio on-device by default in iOS 15, meaning you will be able to use the feature without an active internet connection. Apple says the upgrade will also make Siri faster. Processing audio on-device will make using Siri more private, says Apple. This follows the company’s well-established preference fo r implementing machine learning features on-device , rather than sending data away to the cloud to be processed. Apple makes a huge deal about being at the cutting edge of privacy protection online. For all these years, Siri has required an internet connection to work. It processes all your requests online, even for things that have no online factor-like setting timers or adjusting volume.  With iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, that’s finally changing. Siri will gain a new on-device speech recognition model ...