Apple settles the consumer Siri lawsuit for $250m. The shareholder case is still live.

iPhone 16 and 15 Pro buyers in the US between June 2024 and March 2025 will get $25–$95 per device. Apple admits no fault. The settled action covers consumers; the parallel securities-fraud case Apple is still trying to dismiss is structurally separate.

On Tuesday afternoon, Apple agreed to pay $250m to settle a US federal class action over the marketing of Apple Intelligence-powered Siri features that, by the company’s own subsequent admission, were not yet ready when the iPhone 16 launched in September 2024. Reuters confirmed the settlement in a story syndicated through Investing.com.

The agreement, reached late last year and now formally filed for court approval, will pay between $25 and $95 per eligible device to roughly 36 million US iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro owners who purchased between 10 June 2024 and 29 March 2025. The settlement closes one piece of Apple’s Siri ...