Apple Intelligence with Google Gemini integration looks to be coming soon

Apple‘s plans to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence are properly underway, in accordance with backend iOS code.

9To5Mac analyst Aaron Perris seemed into the backend replace for the iOS 18.4 beta and found mentions of “Google” alongside “OpenAI” and “Third Get together Mannequin.” This means Google’s AI mannequin Gemini would possibly quickly be an alternative choice for Apple customers to select from as a substitute for ChatGPT.

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This discovery isn’t sudden. Following the keynote announcement of Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, software program exec Craig Federighi confirmed rumors of an Apple and Google partnership, saying, “We’re wanting ahead to doing integrations with different fashions, together with Google Gemini, for example, sooner or later.”

After all, this got here after Apple had introduced a partnership with OpenAI, bringing ChatGPT to Apple Intelligence as a third-party choice to make use of with Siri and different AI options. Nevertheless, Federighi made it clear that Apple needed to permit customers to select from a number of fashions. On the time, Federighi did not share any specifics on a timeline, however this leak exhibits us that the Google Gemini integration is coming quickly.

As 9To5Mac famous, this doesn’t suggest Gemini will probably be a part of the iOS 18.4 replace, it positively means Apple is actively engaged on it.

The Apple Intelligence launch has been a little bit of a blended bag. Customers had been frustrated with the staggered (and delayed) rollout, underwhelmed by gimmicky options, and annoyed by AI-generated summaries which might be generally inaccurate. Plus, customers are nonetheless ready for the alleged new and improved Siri which is slated for the upcoming iOS 18.4 launch.

By comparability, Samsung has been faster and extra aggressive in deploying AI options for its Galaxy sequence and already has Google Gemini integration. It is unclear how Apple will plan to combine Gemini, however it will be a method to catch as much as its rivals and canopy a few of its shortcomings within the voice assistant division.

On that notice, Apple is reportedly working by itself LLM for iOS 19 and macOS 16, which can probably be introduced at this 12 months’s WWDC.