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Apple rebuilt Siri on Google's Gemini and is paying $1 billion a year for it
At WWDC 2026 Apple shipped Siri AI, rebuilt on a custom Google Gemini model running on its own servers. Here are the catches behind the demo.
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iOS 27's first leaked renders: a rebuilt Siri chatbot, days before WWDC
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman published the first iOS 27 renders 11 days before WWDC, showing a rebuilt Siri, a pro Camera mode, and new Photos AI. Apple hasn't confirmed any of it.
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Apple is testing an anti-snatch feature that locks the iPhone the second it's grabbed
Code seen by 9to5Mac points to an iPhone feature that auto-locks when the accelerometer detects a snatch, then clamps down like Stolen Device Protection.
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Apple is opening AirPlay's slot in iOS 27. Google Cast can become the default on EU iPhones.
Mark Gurman's Sunday Power On says iOS 27 will let users pick Google Cast or another protocol over AirPlay for system-level streaming, to satisfy the EU DMA.
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Apple is turning iOS 27 into an AI model marketplace. ChatGPT loses its exclusive slot.
Bloomberg reports Apple will let users choose Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT across Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground via a new Extensions framework this fall.
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Google's Cloud chief just confirmed the deal: Gemini will power the new Siri this year
At Cloud Next 2026, Thomas Kurian named Apple as a customer and Gemini as the engine behind 'a more personalized Siri coming later this year.' Apple has stayed silent.