Apple is preparing a major upgrade for its Siri voice assistant, and it’s reportedly turning to Google for help. According to Bloomberg, Apple plans to use a custom version of Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model to power the next generation of Siri. The agreement, expected to be finalised soon, could see Apple paying Google around $1 billion each year for access to its technology. The new version of Siri, internally known as Linwood, is expected to launch in spring 2026 as part of iOS 26.4.

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The Gemini model Apple will use reportedly contains 1.2 trillion parameters, making it vastly more powerful than Apple’s current 150-billion-parameter system used for its cloud-based version of Apple Intelligence. This upgrade will likely make

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