Inside Apple’s headquarters, plans are underway for Siri’s next evolution. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the voice assistant will soon draw its intelligence from Google’s Gemini AI, ushering in features like smarter web searches. But the partnership has raised eyebrows within Apple’s walls. Some question whether users, wary of privacy issues, will welcome a Google-driven model guiding their iPhones.
To keep user data safe, Apple’s apparently paying for its own special version of Google’s Gemini AI. This version would live entirely on Apple’s servers, not Google’s, so Siri requests wouldn’t end up being used for ads or shared with outside companies.
Gurman makes it clear this deal is just about Google’s Gemini AI, nothing more. Apple isn’t suddenly making Gmail or Google Maps default apps on your iPhone. The company still wants to keep things in-house, even as it borrows a bit of Google’s AI brainpower to boost Siri.
The deal with Google wasn’t Apple’s first choice. Earlier in the year, the company had weighed offers from Anthropic and OpenAI, testing both Claude and ChatGPT. By most accounts, Claude seemed to fit best, until talks stumbled over money. Anthropic’s asking price, reportedly in the billions, brought negotiations to a halt.
The new Siri won’t be here until next March, launching with iOS 26.4. That’s about a year later than Apple first planned, but the delay seems to come down to the tricky job of updating Siri’s old software to handle newer AI technology.
In addition to launching its upgraded Siri, Apple is reportedly preparing to introduce a new smart display in March, though information about the product remains limited. The company is then expected to showcase its next operating system updates, iOS 27, macOS 27, and watchOS 27, at the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference.
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