Overview
- Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Apple is considering paying roughly $1 billion annually to let Siri tap Google’s Gemini for specific tasks, a negotiation that has not been confirmed by either company.
- The reported plan assigns Gemini to backend summarization and planning while most Siri activity remains on Apple’s own models, with no deep iOS-level embedding.
- All Gemini processing would occur on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure to isolate user data from Google’s core systems, according to the report.
- Coverage cites a scale gap as a key rationale, noting Gemini at about 1.2 trillion parameters versus roughly 150 billion for Apple’s cloud models used in Apple Intelligence.
- Separate reporting says the companies are working toward a 2026 rollout for a revamped Siri that could add multi-turn conversations and AI web search, framed as expectations rather than finalized plans.