Apple has finally resolved Siri's issues after a multi-billion dollar deal with Google. The Cupertino giant pays about a billion dollars a year to use Google's Gemini AI model, integrating it into its voice assistant. The agreement, announced in January 2026, allowed for a rebuild of Siri after years of delays and disappointing performance compared to rivals like ChatGPT.
The new Siri, arriving with iOS 27, is not a complete replacement. Simple, local requests—like setting timers or sending messages—continue to work on-device as before. Instead, it's the complex questions requiring reasoning or world knowledge that are routed to the licensed Gemini model.
Apple addresses privacy concerns with its Private Cloud Compute system. Requests requiring Gemini's capabilities are anonymized before leaving Apple's servers, and Google cannot use the data to train its future models. The company maintains control over which requests are routed, keeping the simplest activities entirely on-device.
Independent reviews finally match Apple's marketing promises. While not perfect and the privacy trade-off warrants ongoing attention, this is the first version of Siri worth trying again for those who abandoned it years ago.
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