Apple may soon add Google's Gemini to Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence

Apple is gearing up to expand the integration of third-party artificial intelligence (AI) services with its native services, such as Siri. The Cupertino-based tech giant added Apple Intelligence features to compatible iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices with the iOS 18.2 update last year. This also marked Apple’s first collaboration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which allowed Apple users to redirect Siri queries to the popular chatbot.

Now, as per a new leak, Apple could allow users to choose Gemini alongside ChatGPT as third-party model options to integrate with various Apple Intelligence services. Apple had previously shared that it would offer multiple AI models to its users, and this leak aligns with that announcement.

Apple tipped to add Gemini AI model to Apple Intelligence: Key details

According to MacRumors analyst Aaron Perris, through his X account, new code strings in the latest iOS 18.4 beta have a ‘third-party model’ section that now lists Google’s alongside OpenAI. While OpenAI was already added as a third-party model previously, the inclusion of Google, suggests that Gemini AI might be used as an option as well for the future.

Notably, the code does not reveal any other details, such as which AI models might be integrated and whether Gemini’s integration will be part of the official iOS 18.4 release, we can expect it to be introduced with Apple Intelligence in the coming months. Previously, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also claimed that Apple could give OpenAI a window of exclusivity for a few months, before onboarding other AI partners to expand its services.