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Apple Nears $1 Billion-Per-Year Deal to Use Google’s Gemini for Revamped Siri

Reports say Apple will host a custom 1.2 trillion‑parameter Gemini on its own servers as a temporary step toward an in‑house model.

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Overview

  • Bloomberg reports Apple is finalizing an agreement to pay about $1 billion annually for a custom version of Google’s Gemini to underpin Siri’s overhaul.
  • The Google model is expected to handle summarization and multi‑step planning, while other Siri features will continue to run on Apple’s own models.
  • The licensed model would operate on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure so Google does not access user data, according to the reporting.
  • The upgraded assistant, codenamed Linwood, is targeted for iOS 26.4 in spring 2026, with the evaluation effort (Glenwood) led by Mike Rockwell and Craig Federighi.
  • Apple reportedly tested OpenAI and Anthropic before choosing Gemini in part on cost, and it still aims to replace it with a roughly 1‑trillion‑parameter in‑house cloud model; regional deployments such as China may use different providers.