Apple ships Siri AI in beta, built with Google Gemini models
TL;DR
- Apple launched Siri AI in public beta on September 14, 2026, starting in English before adding five more languages the following month.
- The assistant runs on models Apple says are custom-built in collaboration with Google's Gemini, using on-device processing and Private Cloud Compute.
- Siri AI will not ship on iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS in the EU at launch, and China is on hold pending regulatory approval.
Apple turned on Siri AI on September 14, 2026, opening a public beta in English and framing the release, in its newsroom post, as a 'completely reimagined version of Siri that is more personal and powerful.'
The models underneath, Apple says, are 'custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models,' running across on-device processing and the company's Private Cloud Compute servers.
The rollout is thin at launch. English arrives first; French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish follow the next month. Siri AI will not ship in the EU on iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS on day one, and China is on hold pending regulatory approval.
Apple pitches personal-context understanding across messages, emails, and photos, plus systemwide actions inside third-party apps including WhatsApp, Audible, Microsoft Outlook, Notability, and Tripsy. The privacy line: 'personal data is not stored nor made accessible to Apple or anyone else' when Private Cloud Compute is used. Five researchers on our tracker passed the announcement around inside a day.
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