Apple Inc.’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to publicly promote the technology before it was ready made matters worse.

Apple's failure to deliver the full Apple Intelligence Siri experience has us all reevaluating the company's vaunted status.

Apple is reassuring employees on the Siri team who may be feeling demotivated by the recent Siri delays and the bad press surrounding

The move from Apple comes after it introduced hearing health features to its AirPods Pro 2 last year, which includes a hearing test, hearing aid feature and active hearing protect

There’s no mention in the report of whether the new feature will be limited to AirPods Pro models, for instance, or will also arrive for the recently updated entry-level earbuds