Apple’s future artificial intelligence (AI) features, including a revamped Siri assistant due to arrive this year, will be powered by Google as the two tech giants have announced an agreement that could potentially shake up how AI works in smartphones.

The specifics of the deal are still unclear, with a brief joint statement from the two companies saying only that the next generation of Apple AI models will be based on Google technology, but will continue to use Apple’s “Private Cloud Compute” architecture. The statement was published on Google’s blog.

Apple’s iPhones will soon be powered by new AI features built on Google tech.

The announcement comes after years of pressure from analysts and investors for Apple to plug a perceived AI gap, with the company drip-feeding elements of its “Apple Intelligence” suite and delaying its new Siri while competitors raced ahead with experimental generative AI.

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