Apple confirms: Gemini will power a new and improved Siri this year

Apple is partnering with Google to incorporate Gemini into Siri and Apple Intelligence. The two companies have announced a multi-year deal that’ll see Apple build on Google’s AI models to power AI features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, including with “a more personalized Siri” arriving this year.

“Apple determined that Google’s Al technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models,” a joint statement published on Google‘s Keyword blog says.

Mark Gurman reported for Bloomberg in November that Apple had chosen Google to power its Siri update in a deal that would cost Apple $1 billion a year. The two companies’ statement today is the first official, public confirmation of that deal, though it doesn’t mention any dollar figures.