Gemini, the original artificial intelligence (AI) model built by Google, reportedly won’t be integrated with the iPhone for a few more months. Earlier this year, Apple announced a partnership with OpenAI, where the latter’s AI platform ChatGPIT will be integrated with the former’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence. This integrated AI experience will reportedly be rolled out to users in December. However, Gemini, which was also said to integrate into Apple Intelligence, is said to be delayed in giving ChatGPT a special window.
Gemini integration with iPhone will reportedly happen in 2025
In his weekly Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple Intelligence integration with Google Gemini is not planned until 2025. The update comes after Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, commented about it in an interview at the company’s World Wide Web. Developer Conference (WWDC 2024). The executive said the Cupertino-based tech giant could integrate its AI suite with other models like the Gemini.
While Federighi noted that integration with multiple AI models is possible, Gemini’s specific name-dropping raised curiosity among enthusiasts. Now, a Bloomberg report sheds further light on this development. Gurman claimed that Gemini is not expected to come to iOS until next year. However, whether this will happen in the first half of the year or around the launch of the iPhone 17 series is unclear.
Gurman claims that Apple wants to give OpenAI a window of exclusivity before integrating any other AI models. It is not known whether this was a clause mentioned in the partnership agreement or whether Apple agreed to this because it is not paying the AI firm for the ChatGPAT integration with Apple Intelligence.
Regarding future updates to Apple Intelligence, the journalist also says that the iOS 18.2 update that is scheduled to arrive in December will finally bring Apple Intelligence to all compatible iPhone models. However, this global release will not include Europe or China.
The report claims that the Cupertino-based tech giant could expand Apple Intelligence to countries under the EU in April 2025, and expansion into China is unlikely until the iOS 19 release in October.
