Apple’s Siri AI is not ‘Google Gemini with Apple branding’; here’s how it really works

Powered by Apple Intelligence, the new version of Siri is profoundly more capable and conversational, and deeply integrated across products.
Apple’s new Siri AI (unveiled today at WWDC 2026) is powered by Google’s Gemini-based models under the hood, but it is not a simple “Siri calls Gemini” setup. It’s a deep, customized integration designed to keep Apple’s privacy standards intact.
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