Hey tech fam! 🍏 Siri is about to get a serious glow-up. According to Bloomberg, Apple is teaming up with Google to bring its massive 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini AI model into Siri. That's like giving Siri a mega brain to handle your wildest voice commands.
Why does this matter? Siri has traditionally trailed behind Alexa and Google Assistant when it comes to handling complex, multi-step tasks or connecting with third-party apps. With Gemini's huge parameter count (basically the number of knobs the AI can tweak to learn), Siri should be more on point—whether it's booking your next Grab ride across Jakarta or planning a three-step Bollywood cooking tutorial.
Here's the deal: Apple will pay around $1 billion a year for access to Google's tech until its own AI engines are polished and ready. This move isn't about adding Google search into iOS; it's purely about using Gemini under the hood as a stopgap.
Apple's AI fixes hit a delay to 2026, and the company even reshuffled its leadership—Mike Rockwell is now steering Siri after some exec-level shake-ups. Tim Cook decided to switch up the AI team to make sure these upgrades actually ship.
Meanwhile, rivals aren't standing still. Google Assistant already got its own Gemini boost last year, and Alexa got an AI overhaul earlier in 2024. The voice assistant race is heating up—cue the future where you chat with Siri like it's your new bestie. 🤖✨
Stay tuned as we watch Siri morph into a next-gen sidekick for your on-the-go lifestyle! 💡
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
