Apple bets on Google Gemini AI to boost Apple Intelligence and its renewed Siri assistant

Apple and Google have announced a multi-year agreement why the iPhone manufacturer will base its Foundational Models on the Gemini models and Google cloud technology, in order to promote its functions Apple Intelligence and its renewed version of Siri.

In addition to improving its intelligent functions with Apple Intelligence, the company led by Tim Cook intends to launch its redesigned Siri voice assistant during this year 2026, after suffering a delay in its update, which is expected to incorporate smarter capabilities and more useful services by using your own language model.

To advance these AI capabilities and boost the new version of Siri, those from Cupertino have been looking for a partner in recent months that allows them to use their third-party technology to develop a custom AI model considering options such as Anthropic, OpenAI or the AI ​​capabilities of Google Gemini.

Now, Apple has announced officially that Google Gemini AI has been chosen to work together to power the revamped, more personalized version of Siri as well as Apple Intelligence features.

This was detailed by both technology giants in a joint statement shared on the Google blog, where they explained that it is a multi-year collaboration that will be based the next generation of Apple’s Foundational Models in the Gemini models and Google’s cloud technology.

This decision by the iPhone manufacturer has been carried out after an “exhaustive evaluation” with which, as detailed by the technology company, it was determined that the Google’s AI technology will provide “the most solid foundation” for Apple Foundation Models.

As a result of this collaboration, Apple ensures that users will have “new and innovative experiences. On the one hand, related to its Apple Intelligence functions, which will be expanded and improved. On the other hand, with the personalized Siri experiencewhich is expected to be an assistant fully integrated with other applications and with the ability to understand natural language to facilitate complete control of the device with just your voice.

Apple has also stressed that Apple Intelligence will continue to work exclusively on Apple devices and will be will run on your Private Cloud Computeso that will maintain privacy standards characteristic of the company, carrying out tasks and using data securely.