Apple continues to search for a partner to launch the next generation of its proprietary Siri assistant. Bloomberg reports that the company is in talks with Google about potentially using the Gemini model, already used in Android and Samsung services. Sources say Google is training a custom version of the model that will run on Apple's servers.
Meanwhile, as part of internal research, Apple is comparing different approaches: it is developing two versions of Siri—Linwood, based on its own model, and Glenwood, based on a third-party solution. Previous reports have named OpenAI and Anthropic as potential collaborators, but Apple has yet to make a final selection.
Insiders indicate that Anthropic was considered the favorite, but negotiations were complicated by high costs. Against this backdrop, Apple is considering the possibility of attracting Google as a more flexible partner. Meanwhile, the company is already testing its own scaled model with one trillion parameters, which is significantly more powerful than the current 150 billion-parameter solution running on its servers.
As part of Apple's intelligence initiative, the new Siri was slated for release in summer 2024, but the release had to be postponed due to significant project delays and rework. Now, the company plans to launch the updated voice assistant no earlier than spring 2026.
