Here's When Apple Plans to Unveil a New Siri Powered by Google Gemini

[Genelec8341]

My iDevices are so old they can't get Apple Intelligence. I guess I'm safe from all this Googleized infiltration 🤷

 

[Zc456]

I find it hilarious how quickly Apple's grand AI ambitious turned into a train wreck.

 

[BGrifter]

Another great reason to stay on 18.7.3

 

[triptolemus]

I am surprised to see people are sooooo opposed and shocked with this decision but where do you think your iCloud data stored?

Hint: not Apple owned servers

Enlighten us.

 

[ZipZilla]

With how much Alphabet has infiltrated / infected Apple, at some point in the future, Alphabet could end up owning Apple.

They don't have enough money, the DOJ and EU would never allow it, etc.

 

[ZipZilla]

If Apple really wanted to make a big splash, make the new Siri work on all the iOS 26-compatible phones, instead of 15 Pro and later.

 

[bLackjackj]

Personal data going to Google AI servers, ugh.

It already does, Lol! Who do you think stores your iCloud data?

 

[SilmarilFinder]

Enlighten us.

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[AppleTO]

If Apple really wanted to make a big splash, make the new Siri work on all the iOS 26-compatible phones, instead of 15 Pro and later.

If it’s going to have a subscription tier, I can definitely see it “magically” working on non Apple Intelligence devices, especially if it just reaches out to servers. They’ll want to maximize device compatibility for the sake of more subscriptions.

 

[Frankied22]

I could not care less. AI is slop and voice assistants have been cringe since 2011. Please stop trying to make it a thing like we live in Star Trek.

 

[Macalway]

It's progress. Siri can be useful, certainly with CarPlay. There's no denying the usefulness of this stuff.

 

[Wx_Man]

Another great reason to stay on 18.7.3

Yep… my iPhone’s on 18.7.3 and my MacBook is on 15.7.4. Both are on the beta channel for each one. Deselected 26 for both. Won’t change this until at least 27.1 after seeing if anything has really improved with the continuous beta train wreck that is v26

 

[BGrifter]

Yep… my iPhone’s on 18.7.3 and my MacBook is on 15.7.4. Both are on the beta channel for each one. Deselected 26 for both. Won’t change this until at least 27.1 after seeing if anything has really improved with the continuous beta train wreck that is v26

It’s really strange how they keep offering me things I don’t want to upgrade.

“I know you haven’t installed iOS26 yet, but what if we threw in a taxidermied moose head?”

 

[ppenn]

I've had Google One with Gemini for about 6 months and it keeps getting worse and worse everyday.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Google pays billions to Apple so that Google search is the default search engine on Safari so Google can sling ads like in Chrome.

The ex-head of Google’s Gemini AI team is now the head of Apple Intelligence.

Google’s Gemini will now power all of Apple Intelligence and Siri.

Apple is going to double down slinging ads on the App Store.

I didn’t know 2 years ago when I dropped nearly $3,000 on an iPhone Pro, a MacBook Pro and some AirPods Pro 2 that I basically invested in Google’s luxury tech brand.

I get the sentiment but to be fair it’s long been this way. The CEO of Google was on Apple’s board when the iPhone launched. Google Maps and YouTube came pre-installed on the very first iPhone. Google apps have long worked better on iOS than Android.

Apple just doesn’t/can’t do some things that Google/Microsoft do.

 

[Powerbooky]

Personal data going to Google AI servers, ugh. Hopefully, and knowing apple’s view on privacy, they will address this when announcing it. Hopefully google can’t access that data themselves.

Supposedly Apple will run the code on their own servers, not Google's.
But it's things like this that I'm more and more convinced that skipping the all versions 26 for my iPhone, iPad and Mac is the better thing to do for now.

 

[NightFox]

Well, I thought Google was a competitor in the phone business. 😉 And now you're handing over the "Apple Intelligence" to them?

Wait until you hear who makes the screens for iPhones!

 

[Wx_Man]

I could not care less. AI is slop and voice assistants have been cringe since 2011. Please stop trying to make it a thing like we live in Star Trek.

Agreed !! The drug addled audacity of Elon Musk calling that perpetually exploding, belly flop landing, flaming tin can a “Starship”.

And for Pete’s sake, W.I.K.I. the pocket sized robot from the 1970’s Saturday morning Sci-Fi show, “Jason Of Star Command” had more intelligence than Siri. And it had a laser and could fly.

 

[Calle68]

Let's see what they are going to implement under Siri, which is not clear to me. A Siri that finally understand an english title of a song if your language is set to italian (as an example)? Will Siri permit to chose among different version of a song by not chosing the 2025 remix? Within Classical, will Siri let me listen to the second movement of the Symphony N. 5 by Beethoven directed by Karajan and not by another director? Will Siri permit to chose a Podcast in Carplay (still a nightmare in 2026)? Basic requests, nothing that intelligent or smart: just a Siri that works.

 

[GregoriousMan]

Mistrust in google has always been a given for me. I added Apple to that list quite some time ago when they started getting all snuggly with China.

Are your tinfoil hats fitted or do you get them in adjustable sizes?

 

[Frantisekj]

Well, I thought Google was a competitor in the phone business. 😉 And now you're handing over the "Apple Intelligence" to them?

Competitor? 😂 they are owned by the same companies….

I hope they won’t unveil on April 1st 😁

 

[klasma]

There's only been 14 articles explaining how it will really work, but people like you continue to believe what you wrote. Sad.

Friday’s MacRumors podcast episode speculated that Apple may not be using their own hardware for the Gemini models because they don’t have enough hardware to meet the processing demand.

 

[klasma]

I am surprised to see people are sooooo opposed and shocked with this decision but where do you think your iCloud data stored?

Hint: not Apple owned servers

That’s different because mere storage can be encrypted. Data running through AI models, on the other hand, is necessarily unencrypted.

 

[klasma]

wonder if these tards at apple will keep the name siri. siri has become the new word for stupid bitch. like trying to put makeup on internet explorer. it's over, like apple maps. they're gonna have to zuckerberg this one.

I used to think that, but I’ve come to believe that it doesn’t really matter that much. People will mostly judge it by how well it actually works. If it works great, then after a short while nobody will care that it’s still called Siri. And if it sucks, then calling it something different won’t help either.

 

[klasma]

If Apple really wanted to make a big splash, make the new Siri work on all the iOS 26-compatible phones, instead of 15 Pro and later.

It makes sense for them to start with a smaller audience and ramp up from there. There will be issues at the start in terms of resource consumption and how well it functions.

(Too bad that they didn’t make Liquid Glass an AI device exclusive. 😉)