Apple Pays $250 Million Over Siri AI Promises It Never Kept

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging false advertising of its AI-enhanced Siri — and qualifying iPhone owners have until December 21 to file a claim.

The settlement covers a lawsuit filed in March 2025 that accused Apple of failing to deliver on promises made about its AI-powered Siri. Apple promoted the upgraded assistant extensively, including at WWDC 2024, but the software stalled through repeated delays. The new Siri did not ship until recently, with the launch of iOS 27 — long after Apple's marketing campaigns had touted it.

Apple has denied any wrongdoing, and no court has found the company culpable. But to resolve the case, Apple funded a $250 million settlement pool from which certain iPhone buyers can collect payments of $25 to $95 per device.

Who qualifies

You must have purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or any iPhone 16 model between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025. That purchase window aligns precisely with the period when Apple was marketing Siri AI capabilities that had not yet shipped.

The case matters beyond a consumer payout. It tests whether courts will treat AI feature promises in product marketing as enforceable claims — an increasingly urgent question as Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others sell devices on the strength of AI capabilities that may arrive late, in limited beta, or with usage caps, as the iOS 27 Siri rollout has demonstrated.

How to file a claim

Claims are submitted through the Smartphone AI Settlement website. The process:

1. Click the button to file a claim and indicate whether you received a claim ID and PIN.
2. Choose whether you are filing on your own behalf or on behalf of a company.
3. Fill in your contact information and add the serial number for the eligible iPhone if asked.
4. Select a payment method — check, PayPal, Venmo, or ACH bank transfer — and provide the required details. An ACH payment, for example, requires your bank's name, account number, and routing number.

If you bought more than one qualifying iPhone during the specified period, you can file a separate claim for each device.

How much you can get

According to the settlement website set up by the lawsuit's attorneys, payouts range from a $25 minimum to a possible $95 maximum per device. The final amount may rise or fall depending on the number of claims filed and other factors. How far the $250 million fund stretches will become clear as more buyers submit claims.

Clarkson, the legal firm behind the suit, has posted a form on its website offering an email newsletter with settlement updates.

What happens next

A final approval hearing is set for February 24, 2027, at the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The court will evaluate the fairness of the settlement and issue its final judgment. If approval proceeds as expected, qualifying iPhone owners should receive payment sometime next year.

The deadline for filing claims is December 21. Buyers who skip it forfeit their share of the fund — and Apple closes out, for $250 million, the most concrete legal consequence so far of an AI feature announced with fanfare and delivered years late.