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Apple Unveils Gemini-Powered Siri, Shares Drop 5%

6/12/2026

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Apple Unveils Siri

Apple announced at WWDC a Siri app using Google’s Gemini models, slated for iPhone release this fall.
Apple’s shares fell over 5% over two days after the keynote.
Analyst Kjell Carlsson of Gartner said Apple can subsidize Siri because it has 2.5 billion active devices.
JPMorgan analysts warned that Siri voices could spark a new iPhone upgrade cycle.
CEO John Ternus must make AI useful, trusted, and native across Apple devices.

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Siri AI Launch

Siri AI will launch this fall with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and visionOS 27.
The on-device model, which powers voice tones and enhanced dictation, runs only on iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max, M5-chip iPads with 12 GB RAM, and M3-or-newer Macs.
Developers can feed app data to Siri AI using App Entities, App Intents, App Schemas and View Annotations.
A beta is slated for this year, with testers reporting terse replies and an unchangeable personality.

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Apple Introduces AI

iOS 27’s Passwords app adds a one-tap AI that repairs compromised or weak passwords.
The AI first asks permission to read one-time codes from Messages or Mail when two-factor authentication is on.
Apple says the model runs on Private Cloud Compute to navigate sites, fill forms, generate passwords and update iCloud Keychain.
Analysts warn the beta’s lack of MDM control could cause lockouts and compliance issues for finance and healthcare.

Summary

Apple Licenses Gemini

Apple will pay Alphabet $1 billion annually for the Gemini large-language model that powers Apple Intelligence.
The Gemini model underpins Siri AI, linking Apple’s AI services to Google’s technology.
Analysts say Siri AI’s broad adoption could cut demand for external LLM providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
Apple’s iPhone sales rose 23 % in the first half of fiscal 2026, giving the company a strong hardware base to monetize new AI features.

History

Historical Context

In January 2014 Google bought DeepMind for about $400 million, giving it the research base that produced AlphaGo’s 4-1 victory over Lee Sedol in March 2016. DeepMind’s later Gemini large-language model, launched December 2023, now powers Apple’s 2026 Siri AI across iPhone 17 Pro and M-series Macs. The move follows a decade of AI breakthroughs that reshaped hardware strategies.

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Apple Unveils Siri

Apple announced at WWDC a Siri app using Google’s Gemini models, slated for iPhone release this fall.
Apple’s shares fell over 5% over two days after the keynote.
Analyst Kjell Carlsson of Gartner said Apple can subsidize Siri because it has 2.5 billion active devices.
JPMorgan analysts warned that Siri voices could spark a new iPhone upgrade cycle.
CEO John Ternus must make AI useful, trusted, and native across Apple devices.

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