Apple, Google join hands as Gemini AI set to power new Siri on iPhones by April 2026: Here’s what to expect

Apple’s Siri isn’t as good as any other AI assistant, and hence, the US tech giant is taking a drastic measure to catch up in the AI race. Apple has inked a partnership deal worth $1 billion with Google to use its advanced Gemini large language model (LLM) to power the Siri assistant. According to a report from Bloomberg, the partnership is a temporary measure that will see Apple pay Google $1 billion per year to utilise a 1.2 trillion-parameter AI model that surpasses the capabilities of Apple’s current in-house AI models.