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Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, hopes to strike a cope with Apple to deliver Gemini to iPhones by the center of this 12 months. The CEO revealed this throughout his testimony in an antitrust trial in opposition to Google.
Pichai mentioned the opportunity of bringing Gemini to iPhones with Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner final 12 months.
Gemini AI may come to iPhone later this 12 months
Apple partnered with OpenAI to combine ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence in iOS 18. Earlier than WWDC24, there have been rumors that Apple additionally held discussions with Google for Gemini integration. However over a 12 months later, Google’s AI mannequin is just not but natively out there on the iPhone via Apple Intelligence.
It appears Google and Apple are nonetheless in talks about integrating Gemini on iPhones. In the course of the ongoing court docket proceedings within the DOJ vs. Google case, Sundar Pichai mentioned he hopes to supply Gemini as a built-in AI choice on iPhones this 12 months and strike a deal by mid-2025.
If Pichai succeeds, we may see Apple spotlight Gemini integration on iPhones when it unveils iOS 19 at WWDC25. The corporate’s flagship developer occasion will happen from June 9 to 13 this 12 months.
Apple at the moment depends on OpenAI’s ChatGPT for dealing with superior Siri queries and Writing Instruments. If the Google deal goes via, the corporate could supply customers an choice to decide on between ChatGPT and Gemini’s AI fashions for these duties.
Will Google pay Apple for Gemini integration in iOS 19?
Regardless of integrating ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence, no cash exchanged fingers between the 2 firms. Apple pays nothing to OpenAI for the combination, and OpenAI gives no compensation to Apple for the publicity. A report beforehand revealed that Apple believes the publicity to ChatGPT is “of equal or higher worth than financial funds.”
Apple could not strike an analogous cope with Google for Gemini integration in iOS 19. The latter already pays Apple billions of {dollars} yearly to maintain Google as Safari’s default search engine on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Supply: Reuters
