Apple throw in the towel: it will stop developing its own foundational models to boost Siri. Instead, will customize Google Gemini to improve and power your assistantthanks to the agreement that both companies have signed. Its text, which clarifies that the collaboration will last several years, points out that the next generation of Apple’s founding models will all be based on Gemini models and cloud technology.
It will therefore be the Google models that Apple will use to promote all its future intelligent functions. Among them, the launch of a new, more intelligent version of Siri is already planned for this year, 2026. It will probably arrive before the summer, around the company’s Developer Conference, which will take place next June.
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This change of course by Apple had already been brewing for several months, due to the delay in the development and implementation of Artificial Intelligence functions that the company was dragging. The alternative was to abandon one’s own efforts and partner with another company that was more advanced in AI. Just a month ago, the departure of the until then head of AI at Apple, John Gianandrea, confirmed the suspicions and indications: there would be an agreement with a third party.
Among them, Google seemed the best positioned for this collaboration. But until not long ago, due to the rivalry of both companies, especially in mobility, a rapprochement did not seem possible. But finally the need for Apple to improve was imposed, something that will undoubtedly have also facilitated other agreements that they have in force, such as the one that makes Google Search the default search engine in the Safari browser.
What does this agreement entail? Well then Apple will pay Google to develop a custom modelbased on Gemini, with which to promote the new version of Siri. This assistant will run on Apple’s private cloud servers, and will work on top of your applications. Apple will use Gemini for its backend, but using its local models as support. This means that Apple’s smart functions for iOS will not be the same as those that Google deploys on Android smartphones and tablets, but rather that Apple will differentiate them to adapt them to its needs and characteristics.
