Apple chooses Gemini for its next generation of foundation models
Apple and Google announced a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models would be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology. The companies said the work would support future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri during 2026, while retaining Apple's on-device and Private Cloud Compute architecture.
Why it matters: A device platform can own the experience, privacy boundary and distribution while sourcing frontier model capability from another lab. This is a durable product pattern: model supplier, personal context and execution environment need not be the same company.