Overview

• Bloomberg reports Apple and Google signed a formal agreement for Apple to evaluate a custom Gemini model to power parts of the next Siri.
• The planned feature, internally called World Knowledge Answers, would deliver AI-generated summaries from the web with text, photos, videos and local points of interest.
• Apple intends to use its Apple Foundation Models for queries involving user data, with any third‑party models hosted on Apple’s own servers for privacy.
• The initial rollout is targeted for spring 2026 in an iOS 26.4 update, and Apple is considering extending the capability to Safari and Spotlight after Siri.
• A recent U.S. court decision preserved Apple’s Google default‑search arrangement, smoothing collaboration, as Apple continues testing its in‑house models and alternatives like Anthropic while dropping pursuit of Perplexity.