Google to power Siri on Apple iPhones: How Google won multi-billion dollar deal for which it was reportedly not the first choice

Apple and Google are deepening their collaboration, integrating Google’s Gemini model into Siri’s upcoming AI overhaul, slated for spring 2026. This partnership, building on their existing $20 billion search deal, aims to enhance Siri’s capabilities to compete with AI services like ChatGPT. Google secured the deal with favorable financial terms, despite Apple’s initial preference for Anthropic’s Claude AI.