Apple on Tuesday agreed to pay $250 million to settle claims it misled customers into buying iPhones with a deceiving marketing campaign about its voice assistant Siri’s new AI features.
If approved, it would be one of the largest-ever settlements from Apple and result in cash payments of up to $95 for owners of roughly 37 million iPhones bought in the US.
The lawsuit, filed by Clarkson Law Firm in San Francisco federal court for the Northern District of California, alleged Apple touted soon-to-come Siri AI features when it advertised the iPhone 16 in 2024 – but that a new-and-improved Siri still hasn’t been delivered.
Apple customers “would not have purchased the Eligible Devices or would have paid significantly less, had they known Enhanced Siri features were not available,” the court filing said.
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