Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says EU iPhone and iPad users may wait five months or more for Apple's upgraded Siri AI as Apple negotiates over the bloc's digital rules.

Gurman said a delay of around five months would be the "absolute best-case scenario" for an EU launch.
EU users can already use Siri AI on the Mac.
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