"Apple's improved and AI-ified Siri is now rumored to arrive in iOS 26.4, scheduled for release this coming spring, following multiple delays. That's some good news for users of the company's devices, but a new report makes an interesting claim about what's going on behind the scenes. Apple will allegedly use Google Gemini models for the new Siri, but won't tell anyone."
"Apple is basically paying Google to create a custom Gemini-based model that can run on Apple's private cloud servers to power Siri. Interestingly, Apple apparently pitted Google's Gemini against Anthropic's Claude and found the latter a better model, but decided that going with Google would make better financial sense, given the two companies' existing relationship (Google pays Apple to be the default search option on its devices). So, presumably, Google would just pay Apple less for that while also giving it access to its models."
iOS 26.4 will introduce an upgraded, AI-enabled Siri in spring after delays. Apple plans to run a custom Google Gemini-based model on its private cloud to power Siri. Apple reportedly commissioned Google to build and host the model and compared Gemini to Anthropic's Claude, judging Claude technically superior but selecting Google for financial reasons tied to their search agreement. Google would likely reduce payments to Apple while granting model access. Neither company is expected to disclose the arrangement or brand the underlying model; Apple will present the service as an in-house AI feature.
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