Apple reportedly using Gemini
Reports say Apple may rely on Google’s Gemini models to help power an upgraded Siri, and that Apple has hired Amar Subramanya from Google into a senior AI role as part of Siri leadership changes. The coverage frames Apple’s AI stack as combining internal reorganisation with selective external dependencies. (livemint.com) (applesfera.com)
Apple is reportedly preparing a new Siri that leans on Google’s Gemini models instead of relying only on Apple’s own artificial intelligence systems. (bloomberg.com) Bloomberg reported on November 5, 2025 that Apple planned to use a 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini model and pay Google about $1 billion a year for it. The same report said the model would help run Apple’s long-delayed Siri overhaul. (bloomberg.com) Apple had already explored a Gemini deal much earlier. Bloomberg reported on March 18, 2024 that Apple was in active talks to license Gemini for new iPhone software features, before Apple introduced Apple Intelligence at its June 10, 2024 developers conference. (bloomberg.com) (apple.com) Apple’s own pitch for Apple Intelligence was a split system: some requests run on device, and harder ones run on Apple servers through what it called Private Cloud Compute. Apple said in June 2024 that the system put “powerful generative models” at the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac while using personal context from a user’s data. (apple.com) The reported Gemini plan suggests Apple is keeping that architecture but swapping in outside horsepower for the hardest Siri tasks. 9to5Mac reported in November 2025 that a custom Gemini model would run on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute servers for parts of the new Siri experience. (9to5mac.com) (apple.com) The management side changed too. Apple said on December 1, 2025 that John Giannandrea, its senior vice president for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy, was stepping down and would retire in spring 2026. (apple.com) In the same announcement, Apple said Amar Subramanya joined as vice president of artificial intelligence and would report to software chief Craig Federighi. Apple said Subramanya had most recently been corporate vice president of artificial intelligence at Microsoft and had previously spent 16 years at Google. (apple.com) Bloomberg later reported that Subramanya would lead areas including Apple foundation models and artificial intelligence safety and evaluation. A separate Bloomberg report on January 30, 2026 said Apple had also hired him to oversee parts of the organization as it tried to steady Siri work after other departures. (bloomberg.com 1) (bloomberg.com 2) Apple has not publicly announced a Gemini-powered Siri product. Bloomberg said Apple, Google, and Meta declined to comment on the January 2026 report about departures, and Apple’s December 2025 press release described only the leadership change, not any Google agreement. (bloomberg.com) (apple.com) The picture, as of April 15, 2026, is an Apple artificial intelligence stack built from both in-house and outside pieces: Apple’s own on-device software and cloud system, a reported Gemini layer for the upgraded Siri, and a new executive team led by Craig Federighi and Amar Subramanya. (apple.com) (bloomberg.com) (apple.com)
