Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement Is Taking Claims. The Window Closes December 21.

The timetable is now live, but not final

Apple agreed to fund a $250 million settlement in a US class action over claims that customers bought certain iPhones expecting personalized Siri Apple Intelligence features they did not receive. The administrator’s website says preliminary approval was granted on July 17 and that claims opened September 21. Filing, exclusion and objection deadlines are all December 21. A final approval hearing is scheduled for February 24, 2027, at the Northern District of California’s San Jose courthouse.

That is a meaningful change from the August filing we covered: at the time, the September start and December deadline were proposed dates, and no public claims portal was available. The site now accepts claims, while final court approval remains pending. Readers should treat the schedule as current, not immutable; the administrator says the court may change the hearing date, and appeals could affect when payments are made.

Eligibility is limited to a defined US class

The settlement covers US residents who purchased an eligible iPhone in the United States, for a purpose other than resale, between June 10, 2024 and March 29, 2025. The seven listed models are iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16e, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. A valid claimant must personally submit a form, state that they expected the specified Siri features when buying the device and did not receive them, and provide information sufficient to confirm purchase or ownership.

These rules explain why the $250 million headline should not be read as a general customer payout. The class is tied both to a narrow purchase period and to the United States. Buyers elsewhere are not included simply because the same Siri demonstrations were discussed internationally. The claim belongs to an eligible device purchase, not to every Apple customer who waited for an improved assistant.

What the $25 figure does — and does not — promise

The administrator says a valid claim starts at $25 per eligible device. That amount can rise or fall pro rata, up to a maximum of $95, depending on the number of valid claims and devices, court-approved attorneys’ fees and service awards, and notice and administrative costs. The final amount will not be known until the claims are evaluated.

This is more specific than saying the fund is simply divided among successful applicants: the agreement names several factors that can alter the per-device amount. It also makes the $95 figure a ceiling, not a likely outcome or a second guaranteed tier. The $250 million is the total settlement fund before the allocation process, not the amount available to each claimant. A household with several qualifying purchases should check each device separately and avoid budgeting around the maximum.

Read the form as a legal choice, not just a payout request

The official form asks for current contact details and confirmation of the qualifying purchase, the expected features and the information needed to verify purchase or ownership. It permits one claim per eligible device and offers a physical or digital check. The settlement site says that receiving payment means giving up rights covered by the agreement. It therefore matters that a person reads the settlement terms rather than treating the form as a no-strings rebate.

The alternative is an individual request to exclude oneself, which preserves the right to bring another claim over the same allegations but gives up settlement payment. The deadline is also December 21. Objection is a different route: it lets a class member tell the court why they oppose the settlement, but it does not itself request exclusion. The administrator says a person cannot both opt out and object as a class member. That distinction is useful because social summaries often collapse filing, objecting and opting out into one generic “claim” action.

A later Siri release does not settle the earlier dispute

Apple’s latest software platforms, including iOS 27 and Siri AI, began rolling out September 14 — a week before the claims portal opened. This creates an unusual sequence: features at the center of the allegations are now arriving on supported products while the legal process is only beginning. But later availability does not decide what buyers were told during the settlement’s 2024–25 purchase window, and the agreement is not an admission of wrongdoing. Apple denies the allegations.

That separation is central to understanding the case. Product delivery and legal remedy answer different questions. A later version of Siri may matter to current owners, but it neither changes the class definition nor establishes that an earlier advertisement was lawful or unlawful. The court, not the software release, will decide whether to grant final approval.

A practical checklist before December

Potential claimants should verify four points against the administrator’s own site: US residence, a US purchase, one of the seven listed models and a purchase date inside the stated window. The form must be submitted personally by December 21. Keep a record of the submitted information and use the official domain rather than an unexpected email link. The site does not charge a filing fee; a request for an Apple Account password or payment-card details is not part of the published claim requirements.

That is a precaution, not a report of known scam pages. The more important point is scope: there is no automatic $25 payment, no guarantee of $95, and no current final judgment. The portal has opened, so eligible people can act; they still need to decide whether the settlement’s release of claims is acceptable to them. Anyone unsure about that legal choice should consult a qualified US attorney rather than rely on a headline or a social post.