Google Gemini-Powered Siri Will Reportedly Have These 7 New Features

[MacRumors]

Apple and Google this week announced that Gemini will help power a more personalized Siri, and The Information has provided more details.

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As soon as this spring, the report said the revamped version of Siri will be able to…

• Answer more factual/world knowledge questions in a conversational manner
• Tell more stories
• Provide emotional support
• Assist with more tasks, such as booking travel
• Create a document in the Notes app with information, such as a cooking recipe

The report said Apple plans to announce additional Siri capabilities at WWDC in June, including…

• Knowledge of past conversations
• Proactive suggestions based on information from apps, such as Calendar

Apple already announced that the personalized Siri would have better understanding of a user's personal context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls, so a lot of the specific capabilities that the report said are coming would align with that.

For example, Apple showed an iPhone user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation plans based on info from the Mail and Messages apps.

The report said that the latest prototype of the more personalized Siri does not have any Google or Gemini branding, and Apple will be able to fine-tune Gemini's model to ensure that Siri responds to queries in a way that the iPhone maker prefers.

More details are available in The Information's paywalled report.

Apple first previewed the more personalized Siri at WWDC 2024, and the revamped assistant is finally expected to launch as part of iOS 26.4 in March or April. However, according to the report, some capabilities will not arrive until iOS 27.

Article Link: Google Gemini-Powered Siri Will Reportedly Have These 7 New Features

 

[LordArchie]

Sounds like a plan... let's do it!

 

[AlanBeyond]

Lmao, I guess apple will do it all over again, announcement at WWDC in June, said to launch in September, then actually release nothing in the end.

 

[Insidious]

My Siri will lose all functionality because I will probably disable it. 😭

 

[DavidLeblond]

I mean some of that stuff, sure fine. But can we please dump the whole “provide emotional support” stuff? That is a whole pile of ick.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

• Tell more stories
  Provide emotional support

I don't know if I want my AI to hallucinate more stories or be my emotional support entity. Just stick to automating tasks and improving productivity please where it's actually useful.

 

[Wolf1701]

We are waiting to find out the monthly price and whether the ‘timer’ function (the only useful thing it can do) will remain free.

 

[It’s always something]

I’m absolutely certain that AI shouldn’t pretend to “provide emotional support.” It’s software, not a human being. What a terrible idea.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

What!?

Starting today, Siri is totally capable of helping you rationalize your next Apple purchase. Whether it’s a new Apple Watch, a MacBook Pro, or even an Apple Vision Pro, Siri will help you craft persuasive arguments for whomever you need!

 

[Wolf1701]

I’m absolutely certain that AI shouldn’t pretend to “provide emotional support.” It’s software, not a human being. What a terrible idea.

“Siri, I'm about to jump off a bridge.” “Exercise is good for you, just do it!”

 

[TVreporter]

Provide emotional support?

“Siri, why does MacOs suck I hate it!!”

Siri: It will be OK. How about we order an iPad instead? Would you like to max out the storage?

 

[venom600]

So what about privacy? I trust Apple to safeguard privacy (well as much as I trust any company) but I don't with Google. Are they going to be collecting the data that is shared with Siri? Is this the model being hosted by Apple or will it be run on Google servers?

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Lmao, I guess apple will do it all over again, announcement at WWDC in June, said to launch in September, then actually release nothing in the end.

It sounds like these features are coming in the spring, not WWDC.

 

[sw1tcher]

As soon as this spring, the report said the revamped version of Siri will be able to…

- Tell more stories
- Provide emotional support

😂

I guess one positive from Siri being able to provide emotional support is that airline travelers who can no longer bring an animal for support can depend on Siri now.

 

[walkin]

**** this ****. All this ****.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

* Provide emotional support

I don't believe in astrology, but "Gemini" tells you all you need to know in determining that it will be completely unhinged.

 

[sully54]

Wait, so apple is pushing back the release yet again?

 

[Blue Nova]

So what about privacy? I trust Apple to safeguard privacy (well as much as I trust any company) but I don't with Google. Are they going to be collecting the data that is shared with Siri? Is this the model being hosted by Apple or will it be run on Google servers?

That’s what I’m saying too, I don’t trust google, they are the ones that always trying to highjack me at every click “ do you want to stay on browser or use google”

 

[dustin.haley]

So what about privacy? I trust Apple to safeguard privacy (well as much as I trust any company) but I don't with Google. Are they going to be collecting the data that is shared with Siri? Is this the model being hosted by Apple or will it be run on Google servers?

Read the previous 3-5 articles on the topic and you’ll find your answers.

 

[chasemac]

Starting today, Siri is totally capable of helping you rationalize your next Apple purchase. Whether it’s a new Apple Watch, a MacBook Pro, or even an Apple Vision Pro, Siri will help you craft persuasive arguments for whomever you need!

We think you're gonna love it!

 

[B-Mc-C]

Wait, so apple is pushing back the release yet again?

That is what I’m getting from this article. The very basic stuff we can already have Siri send to chat GPT will instead be sent to Gemini, and the cool features will be coming soon (likely just previewed at WWDC, launching in September or later). What a cluster, haha.

 

[BGPL]

It would be nice if one could have an option to make the action button call up Chat GPT or Grok. I find Siri annoying.

 

[arc of the universe]

So what about privacy? I trust Apple to safeguard privacy (well as much as I trust any company) but I don't with Google. Are they going to be collecting the data that is shared with Siri? Is this the model being hosted by Apple or will it be run on Google servers?

all very valid concerns.
apple insider does a great job of explaining all about this.

Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report

Insider sources have confirmed what everyone already knew — Apple Foundation Models trained by Google Gemini will have LLM features seen in other AI tools.

appleinsider.com

 

[turbineseaplane]

Tell more stories
Provide emotional support

wut?
Are we really going to live like this?

Emotional support from your phone?

 

[IceCool]

So still on track for 26.4 (mostly), nice!

I’m not thrilled about Apple using Google for this and absolutely would have rather seen a true Apple model being used… however, I think that this is a really good stopgap for them while they develop their own model even further. Certainly buys them a few more years at least, which should be enough.

Edit: After reading AppleInsider’s article, I have learned that Apple’s models are, in fact, being used. Instead, Gemini will be used to train them. I am quite okay with this.