US EditionApple, Google Near $1 Billion-Deal to Revamp Siri AI Assistant
Apple will pay about $1 billion annually to use Google’s advanced 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini AI model for Siri, with all data processed on Apple’s private servers.
- On November 5, 2025, Apple is nearing a deal to pay Google $1 billion annually for a custom Gemini model running inside its Private Cloud Compute to power Siri by spring 2026 with iOS 26.4.
- After testing multiple models earlier this year, Apple chose to move forward with Google's model over OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude to accelerate rollouts while developing its own AI.
- With scale in mind, Gemini's 1.2 trillion parameters will handle Siri's three components, surpassing Apple's 150 billion-parameter models, Bloomberg reports.
- Regulators' recent ruling helps protect partnerships like Google's with Apple, which pays more than $20 billion annually, including the Gemini arrangement, from legal challenges.
- Because the launch is months away, plans could change and observers say the 2026 Siri upgrade will `have Google to thank` for its one trillion parameter model from Pixel phones.
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Apple to use Google's AI model to run new Siri
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