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Here's When Apple Plans to Unveil a New Siri Powered by Google Gemini

Apple plans to unveil a more personalized version of Siri powered by Google Gemini next month, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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"The company has been planning an announcement of the new Siri in the second half of February, when it will give demonstrations of the functionality," he wrote, in the latest edition of his weekly Power On newsletter today.

Gurman does not yet know if Apple plans to hold a full-out event to demonstrate the Siri upgrades, or if it will hold private briefings with the media.

The more personalized Siri will be part of iOS 26.4, which will be available in beta in February and released to the general public in March or early April, according to Gurman. Based on that timeframe, the new-and-improved Siri should be available to all customers with an iPhone 15 Pro or newer in just a few more months.

As previewed by Apple, the assistant "should be able to tap into personal data and on-screen content to fulfill tasks," according to Gurman.

Apple first announced the more personalized version of Siri all the way back at WWDC 2024, but it was eventually delayed. At the time, Apple showed an iPhone user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation plans based on info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps, as one example of a new capability.

The revamped Siri reportedly experienced issues inside Apple, leading the company to turn to Google Gemini. The revamped Siri will technically still run on a new Apple Intelligence model that has Gemini's technology baked in.

Siri will reportedly get even better on iOS 27, as Apple is said to be planning to turn the assistant into a full-out chatbot, allowing users to have sustained, back-and-forth conversations with the assistant. This will essentially turn Siri into ChatGPT or Gemini, except it will be built right into the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with no app required.

Gurman said the Siri chatbot will be "competitive with Gemini 3," and "significantly more capable" than the more personalized Siri coming with iOS 26.4.

Siri's chatbot might run directly on Google's servers.

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aorr Avatar
10 months ago
Personal data going to Google AI servers, ugh. Hopefully, and knowing apple’s view on privacy, they will address this when announcing it. Hopefully google can’t access that data themselves.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mdracer Avatar
10 months ago
I switched to Apple to get out of the Google services. Now they are putting it into my phone and going to add the ability to read what’s on the screen. Is nothing sacred anymore?
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sw1tcher Avatar
10 months ago
Gurman does not yet know if Apple plans to hold a full-out event to demonstrate the Siri upgrades, or if it will hold private briefings with the media.

Apple first announced the more personalized version of Siri all the way back at WWDC 2024
No full-out event needed. Just put out a press release and re-play the WWDC 2024 Siri segment.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
10 months ago

I switched to Apple to get out of the Google services. Now they are putting it into my phone and going to add the ability to read what’s on the screen. Is nothing sacred anymore?
Google pays billions to Apple so that Google search is the default search engine on Safari so Google can sling ads like in Chrome.

The ex-head of Google’s Gemini AI team is now the head of Apple Intelligence.

Google’s Gemini will now power all of Apple Intelligence and Siri.

Apple is going to double down slinging ads on the App Store.

I didn’t know 2 years ago when I dropped nearly $3,000 on an iPhone Pro, a MacBook Pro and some AirPods Pro 2 that I basically invested in Google’s luxury tech brand.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SilmarilFinder Avatar
10 months ago
I am surprised to see people are sooooo opposed and shocked with this decision but where do you think your iCloud data stored?

Hint: not Apple owned servers
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dark_Omen Avatar
10 months ago

Personal data going to Google AI servers, ugh. Hopefully, and knowing apple’s view on privacy, they will address this when announcing it. Hopefully google can’t access that data themselves.
There's only been 14 articles explaining how it will really work, but people like you continue to believe what you wrote. Sad.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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