The new Siri, according to rumors, was going to land with iOS 26.4. This version arrived on compatible iPhones yesterday and, to no one’s surprise, there is no trace of Gurman’s prediction. What we have woken up with is new details about the agreement between Google and Apple related to access to Gemini. And there are interesting details.
The agreement. Quick context: Apple and Google have teamed up to give Apple access to Gemini. The company has been promising for years that Siri, integrated into Apple Intelligence, will be an assistant that lives up to expectations. But after delays and more delays, it became clear that Apple needed help.
The multi-year collaboration allowed Apple Foundation Models to rely on Gemini models, running on the platform Private Cloud Computing from Apple. Beyond this, no details about the agreement were revealed.
The new. According to The Informationthe collaboration between Apple and Google will be somewhat deeper than expected. So much so that Apple would have full access to the Gemini model within its facilities.
One of the company’s main purposes would be to produce smaller models designed to run locally and oriented to specific tasks within Apple devices.
Distillation. Apple would not have agreed with Google to access Gemini with an integrated Siri interface. The objective is to use the main model to “distill” more efficient models, with lower requirements and fast operation.
In other words and based on this information, Apple has made clear Google’s superiority in its AI models. So much so that he has needed to access them directly to be able to create the solutions that he has been promising for two years.
What’s coming. According to Gurman, Apple is finalizing the changes to Siri to present it on June 8 at its WWDC, the developer conference it holds annually.
In it, we will supposedly see Siri as a chatbot integrated into iPhone and Mac, as a real alternative to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Late, very late. Apple’s problem is not being late with AI. It is coming at a time when giants like Claude iterate practically daily and when it is more than difficult to surprise the world.
All the promises of Apple Intelligence, that contextual Siri, and that deep integration with the phone are already achieved by some of its rivals, since Apple has been waiting for two years. The big question is whether or not it will be worth the wait.
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