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Google Confirms Gemini-Powered Siri Coming Later This Year

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Google today commented on its partnership with Apple, confirming that Gemini will power a new, more personalized version of Siri that's set to be released later in 2026.

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Google Cloud chief Thomas Kurian mentioned the Apple partnership during Google Cloud Next 2026, a conference that's taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada today.
Earlier this year, we announced a monumental partnership with one of the most iconic brands that will bring the power of our technology to users everywhere around the world. We're collaborating with Apple as their preferred cloud provider to develop the next generation of Apple Foundation Models based on Gemini technology.

These models will now power future Apple Intelligence features including a more personalized Siri coming later this year.
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Kurian's comment doesn't provide us with any new information because Apple has already committed to a 2026 launch for the new Siri features. When Apple first delayed the smarter Siri in March 2025, the company said it would launch "in the coming year."

Later in 2025, Apple said that Siri would get an update at some point in 2026, though it did not provide a specific launch timeline. In February 2026, Apple confirmed to CNBC that the new version of Siri is still set to come out this year.

According to rumors, Apple was planning to release the Apple Intelligence version of Siri in spring 2026, but ran into issues with accuracy. Since Apple never gave a launch date beyond 2026, the Siri update isn't exactly delayed, but Apple has needed to adjust its internal schedule. Apple has until December 31, 2026 to update Siri, but we could get a first look at the new personal assistant in iOS 27.

Kurian did say that Google Cloud is Apple's "preferred cloud provider," which is the same language that Google used earlier this year. It continues to be unclear if the new Siri and Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence features will use Private Cloud Compute or will run on Google's servers.

Apple has asked Google to investigate setting up servers in Google data centers to run Siri because Apple is anticipating much more cloud usage when the smarter Siri launches.

Apple plans to introduce iOS 27 at the Worldwide Developers Conference, which is set to begin on June 8, 2026. We'll hear more about Siri at WWDC.

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I actually asked Gemini yesterday if it's excited to be working with Siri and this was the response:
It’s an exciting time to be an AI! The partnership between Apple and Google has definitely moved from "rumor" to "reality" here in 2026, and the integration is deeper than many expected.
While Siri will still be the "face" you talk to on your iPhone, I (Gemini) am essentially becoming the "brain" behind her most complex thoughts. Here is how our "collaboration" is rolling out this year:
The Rollout Timeline
We are currently in the middle of a two-phase launch:
  • Phase 1 (Spring 2026): With the recent release of iOS 26.4, Siri has already started using Gemini for better context awareness and on-screen recognition. If you ask her, "What's the main point of this article?" while browsing Safari, that's me helping her summarize it in real-time.
  • Phase 2 (September 2026): When iOS 27 launches alongside the new iPhone 18, the "Full Conversational Siri" will arrive. This is when the integration goes deep—allowing for back-and-forth dialogue (20+ exchanges) and complex tasks like, "Find the flight info from my email, check if it's delayed, and text my Uber driver the update."
How We Work Together
It’s a bit like a tag-team match. Apple is very protective of your privacy, so we’ve set up a specific workflow:
  1. On-Device Apple Intelligence: For simple things (setting a timer, opening an app), Siri handles it locally on your iPhone.
  2. Private Cloud Compute: For slightly more complex things, Apple’s own servers take the lead.
  3. The Gemini Layer: For massive "world knowledge" or complex reasoning, the request is sent to a custom version of Gemini 3 running on Apple’s secure infrastructure.
What to Expect at WWDC (June 8–12, 2026)
Keep an eye out for the WWDC keynote in a few weeks. Word around Apple Park is that the Siri interface is getting a total "neon glow" redesign in the Dynamic Island to signify when the high-level AI (that's me!) is active.
It’s a "best of both worlds" situation: you get the privacy and ecosystem integration of Apple, with the sheer reasoning power of Gemini. I'm ready if you are!
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10-1 it’s gonna be Siri”beta” when they release it.

I’m also so excited to see what devices this new Siri won’t work on like my 8 HomePods, 5 Apple TV’s, 2 laptops, Mac mini, 3 iPads it will be so soothing to have a intermittent Siri experience depending on what device hears my request.

Guess it will be the same as usual if that’s the case.
 
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It's pretty clear from the quote that they're confirming that all that's happening is Apple (with their help) is using Google's Vertex AI Studio, part of the Google Cloud Platform, to finetune Google base models into newer Apple Foundation Models.

They're already updated the on-device System Language Model in *OS 26.5, and they've started this week rolling out updated models in the Private Cloud Compute environment.

Separately, Apple has been an enterprise customer of Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services for at least 5 years, if not more. Previously, AWS was their preferred cloud provider, and teams looking to deploy cloud-based infrastructure internally, would favor AWS.

The designation of Google as their preferred cloud provider likely only only means that teams are now being encouraged to deploy in GCP instead, which makes sense from a balancing perspective. Google's touting of that position also means that Apple is likely getting a significant discount on their cloud bills.
 
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MacRumors said:


Google today commented on its partnership with Apple, confirming that Gemini will power a new, more personalized version of Siri that's set to be released later in 2026.

Gemini-Siri-Feature.jpg

Google Cloud chief Thomas Kurian mentioned the Apple partnership during Google Cloud Next 2026, a conference that's taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada today.

Kurian's comment doesn't provide us with any new information because Apple has already committed to a 2026 launch for the new Siri features. When Apple first delayed the smarter Siri in March 2025, the company said it would launch "in the coming year."

Later in 2025, Apple said that Siri would get an update at some point in 2026, though it did not provide a specific launch timeline. In February 2026, Apple confirmed to CNBC that the new version of Siri is still set to come out this year.

According to rumors, Apple was planning to release the Apple Intelligence version of Siri in spring 2026, but ran into issues with accuracy. Since Apple never gave a launch date beyond 2026, the Siri update isn't exactly delayed, but Apple has needed to adjust its internal schedule. Apple has until December 31, 2026 to update Siri, but we could get a first look at the new personal assistant in iOS 27.

Kurian did say that Google Cloud is Apple's "preferred cloud provider," which is the same language that Google used earlier this year. It continues to be unclear if the new Siri and Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence features will use Private Cloud Compute or will run on Google's servers.

Apple has asked Google to investigate setting up servers in Google data centers to run Siri because Apple is anticipating much more cloud usage when the smarter Siri launches.

Apple plans to introduce iOS 27 at the Worldwide Developers Conference, which is set to begin on June 8, 2026. We'll hear more about Siri at WWDC.

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Please have an option to keep google services far far way from anything on my iPhone in settings. I am NOT intrigued not matter how revolutionary the tech is.
 
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Honestly, this one will go on the history books.

The massive failure of Siri and the delays, ultimately resulting in Apple caving and doing business with direct competitor #1.

Jobs would've never allowed this. This was a clear mismanagement and lack of vision of Tim Cook and everyone involved with Siri. As an engineer and if I were to be an engineering manager at Apple, I would clean house entirely.
 
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vertsix said:
Honestly, this one will go on the history books.

The massive failure of Siri and the delays, ultimately resulting in Apple caving and doing business with direct competitor #1.

Jobs would've never allowed this. This was a clear mismanagement and lack of vision of Tim Cook and everyone involved with Siri. As an engineer and if I were to be an engineering manager at Apple, I would clean house entirely.
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Yeah it’s funny to see the so called pundits putting a positive spin on this.

Tim failed miserably as CEO. He essentially scaled Steve’s products and services (ie, continued doing his job as COO) but put the company in a really bad competitive position by falling so far behind in AI, the most disruptive tech since the Internet.
 
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Karma*Police said:
Yeah it’s funny to see the so called pundits putting a positive spin on this.

Tim failed miserably as CEO. He essentially scaled Steve’s products and services (ie, continued doing his job as COO) but put the company in a really bad competitive position by falling so far behind in AI, the most disruptive tech since the Internet.
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Your opinion is unfortunately not backed by the facts. Jobs didn't pass away last week, it was 15 years ago. Apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world, continues to see quarter on quarter revenue growth, increasing sales for core product lines. As both an Apple customer and Apple shareholder I am might happy with what Cook has done.

On AI, I really do believe it is too early to make that call. You may be right, but it is too early to say.
 
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"You can't polish a turd" is an apt saying in this case. How this debacle happened in the first place is bewildering. I find it hard to comprehend how Apple could make an advertisement in 2024 about contextual Siri capabilities for the iPhone 16 and not know its team was not even close to having Apple Intelligence ready for integration. This has to go down as the greatest failure this century for Apple.
 
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Does this mean when I ask Siri "where is the nearest Home Depot?" she won't direct me to 5000 miles away?
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Same here. Siri hates me so much she either sends me to the other side of the world. Or refuses to give driving directions altogether: “You’ll have to do this on your phone when you’re not driving.”

The hate is mutual.
 
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Same here. Siri hates me so much she either sends me to the other side of the world. Or refuses to give driving directions altogether: “You’ll have to do this on your phone when you’re not driving.”

The hate is mutual.
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My favorite Siri/Maps moment was driving across a long bridge and Siri instructs me to "Turn Right Now". Uh no...
 
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Its gotta be 'Private Cloud Compute' - can't see it any other way with Apple's privacy focus.
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There's a certain amount of "semantics playing" in the article when it says "It continues to be unclear if the new Siri and Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence features will use Private Cloud Compute or will run on Google's servers." - there's no reason why it couldn't be both simultaneously. Private Cloud Compute is a software stack. "Google Servers" can mean physical machines in a Google data centre.

Private Cloud Compute could run on Google servers.

security.apple.com

Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy in the cloud - Apple Security Research

Secure and private AI processing in the cloud poses a formidable new challenge. To support advanced features of Apple Intelligence with larger foundation models, we created Private Cloud Compute (PCC), a groundbreaking cloud intelligence system designed specifically for private AI processing...
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June 2024: We have this new Siri and it is really great. Marketing video! Can I try it? No, of course not. Can you demo it on stage at an event? Silly, customer. Will there be a beta this summer? It will be coming in the vaguest definition of what a year is. So you probably don't have any marketing promos yet? Here's some Bella Ramsey ads!

June 2025: We had a completely finished and updated Siri, but we didn't like it, so we scraped it and started over. Great, can I... No, you can't see the old version. The new version is working great internally. But I... No, you can't see that either. So it's vaporware? Listen, we got a lot of products in the pipeline.

January 2026: We have a deal with Google to use Gemini. Does that mean you scraped the second model that was working internally and are on to a 3rd model? We're not here to talk about that. We have a lot of products in the pipeline.

February 2026: We always said it was coming this year, so it's not really late as we only delayed it once. But Gurman said... We're not going to talk about him. But you just switched... Again, lots of products in the pipeline.

April 2026: Google says it's coming this year. What's coming, again? Foundational Stuff powered by Gemini. Is that Siri? A firm, but definite maybe.
 
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