Apple could use Google Gemini for its huge Siri overhaul

Insiders say that Apple is in talks to make use of Google Gemini to beef up its already AI-enhanced iOS assistant.

First reported by Bloomberg News, the anticipated Siri improve — now slated for a possible 2026 launch — could come as a custom-made LLM powered by Google’s personal Gemini chatbot. It’s the newest in Apple’s months-long exploration of exterior partnerships.

Sources aware of the corporate instructed Bloomberg that Apple approached Google’s mum or dad firm, Alphabet Inc., a couple of customized mannequin, and Google, in flip, has been testing a mannequin that may run on Apple’s servers.

In June, rumors circulated that the iPhone creator could shelve its plans to construct an in-house LLM to energy a greater Siri along with its Apple Intelligence options, and was as an alternative searching for a partnership with both OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude. Internally, the corporate has been weighing the professionals and cons of an inside Siri AI (dubbed the “Linwood” undertaking) versus an exterior know-how (named “Glenwood”).

At the time, Apple’s curiosity in an outsourced Siri AI appeared like a defeat amid a still-expanding AI growth, as the corporate’s rivals poached Apple’s personal main AI expertise to broaden their efforts. But, in simply the previous month, different Big Tech firms have additionally determined to scale back their AI investments — a shift that some say indicators an finish to the AI “bubble.”

Neither Apple nor Google confirmed the doable partnership, though each have signaled {that a} Gemini integration with Apple units could also be on the horizon along with their current Search collaboration. The integration can be just like earlier offers between Apple and ChatGPT.