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Apple rebuilt Siri on Google's Gemini and is paying $1 billion a year for it
At WWDC 2026 Apple shipped Siri AI, rebuilt on a custom Google Gemini model running on its own servers. Here are the catches behind the demo.
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iOS 27's first leaked renders: a rebuilt Siri chatbot, days before WWDC
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman published the first iOS 27 renders 11 days before WWDC, showing a rebuilt Siri, a pro Camera mode, and new Photos AI. Apple hasn't confirmed any of it.
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Apple delayed its camera AirPods because Siri wasn't ready. Gurman says they're back in late testing.
Bloomberg reports Apple's infrared-camera AirPods have reached advanced testing. The earbuds feed visual context to Siri but can't take photos or video.
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Google's Cloud chief just confirmed the deal: Gemini will power the new Siri this year
At Cloud Next 2026, Thomas Kurian named Apple as a customer and Gemini as the engine behind 'a more personalized Siri coming later this year.' Apple has stayed silent.
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Apple is sending 200 Siri engineers to an AI coding bootcamp. That tells you everything.
A report from The Information reveals Apple is retraining Siri staff on AI tools like Claude Code. With WWDC two months away, Apple's AI gap has never been more visible.