Google confirms it’s close to getting Gemini support on iPhones

Google is adjacent to striking a woody with Apple to integrate Gemini into the iPhone. During the search monopoly trial connected Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed the institution expects to onslaught a Gemini woody with Apple by the mediate of this twelvemonth and suggested it would rotation retired by the extremity of 2025.

The integration would presumably let Siri to telephone connected Gemini to reply much analyzable questions, akin to the integration that Apple launched with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Apple elder vice president Craig Federighi hinted astatine plans to physique Gemini into its Apple Intelligence diagnostic past June, erstwhile the AI work was archetypal announced. “We privation to alteration users yet to take the models they want, possibly Google Gemini successful the future,” Federighi said astatine the time.

Today’s update came successful effect to questions asked by Department of Justice lawyer Veronica Onyema. Pichai answered “Correct” erstwhile asked astir these plans. He besides said helium had met with Apple CEO Tim Cook to sermon AI development. “He [Cook] was trying to recognize our plans for however we’re evolving AI technologies, our roadmap, and arsenic portion of that, we talked astir the Gemini app organisation arsenic well,” Pichai said. He added that helium was told by Cook that much third-party AI models would vessel connected Apple Intelligence aboriginal this year.

There are different signs that this integration is connected the way. In February, MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris recovered references to “Google” arsenic an Apple Intelligence exemplary prime successful an iOS 18.4 beta. With Apple’s ChatGPT integration, Siri automatically asks for support to usage the third-party AI exemplary to reply much analyzable questions. ChatGPT tin besides analyse photos and make images based connected text.