Assistants are starting to use mobile apps without opening them. You ask Siri to move a booking, no…

Written on 10/06/2026
Mathieu Poli

Assistants are starting to use mobile apps without opening them. You ask Siri to move a booking, no screen appears.

So what's left to design there? Mostly words, and the rules around them.

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When the assistant becomes the interface
Assistants, chatbots and agents increasingly reach a product without going through its screens. What’s left to design is words and rules.