Well, it looks like the days of clowning on Siri and Apple Intelligence are ending soon. Apple has picked Google’s Gemini models to power a more personalised Siri and other future Apple Intelligence features, presumably after a thorough evaluation of other options, including ChatGPT, which Apple has been using as a stop-gap for more complex requests.
We can probably expect this new revamped version of Siri and other Apple Intelligence features to debut later this year — most likely after WWDC. But more importantly, this multi-year partnership with Google cements Gemini as the default choice for AI on smartphones.
While many Android smartphone makers have their own AI features for tasks like text summary and image editing, Gemini is the AI assistant on practically all Android devices, including major brands like Samsung. And it’s not hard to see why. The latest Gemini 3 models rank highly in AI benchmarks against its biggest rivals, and may even be more cost …
