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Apple considers paying $1B per year to use Google Gemini in Siri

Apple’s long-awaited revamp of Siri could use Google Gemini’s smarts, with the move to improve the digital assistant potentially costing Apple $1 billion per year.

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The Siri revamp could be crucial to the iPhone’s future

Apple customers have been waiting for an upgrade of Siri that was promised as part of Apple Intelligence, but has yet to materialize. If a report on Wednesday is accurate, Apple is getting closer to signing a deal with Google to Gemini to make Siri better.

People familiar with Apple’s AI work speaking to Bloomberg claim that the search giant’s model will be used to power Siri functions in 2026.

Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible

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