Apple AI Updates: June 8, 2026

1. Apple Unveils a Gemini-Powered Siri at WWDC 2026

At its WWDC 2026 keynote, Apple introduced a rebuilt Siri that uses a custom Google Gemini model for cloud features alongside Apple’s own on-device models. The new Siri ships as a standalone, chatbot-style app with a system-wide “Search or Ask” gesture, Dynamic Island integration, on-screen awareness, and personal-context access to emails, photos, and files, plus deeper cross-app actions. An extensions system lets users choose between ChatGPT, Gemini, and Anthropic’s Claude as the model behind Apple Intelligence features, and the conversational interface supports text or voice with attachments for images and PDFs. Apple is reported to be paying Google roughly $1 billion per year for the custom model, and developer betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and the other platforms follow the keynote. Source