Apple's plans to add Google Gemini to Apple Intelligence are well underway, according to backend iOS code. 9To5Mac analyst Aaron Perris looked into the backend update for the iOS 18.4 beta and discovered mentions of "Google" alongside "OpenAI" and "Third Party Model.

Apple has introduced code referencing “Google” as a third-party model choice for Apple Intelligence to leverage, according to a backend change spotted by Aaron Perris, who often shares info gleaned from Apple firmware code,

Priority Notifications is a new Apple Intelligence feature for iPhones that automatically identifies and highlights important notifications. Using on-device processing, it detects which updates may be significant for the user and sorts them into a dedicated section.

The evidence of Google’s integration with Apple Intelligence was said to be found in the backend code of iOS 18.4.

Apple appears to be considering an expansion of third-party artificial intelligence (AI) integrations within Siri. The Cupertino-based company introduced Apple Intelligence to select iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices with the iOS 18.

Apple Intelligence is likley to be powered by Google’s Gemini AI model alongside ChatGPT, here’s what we know so far.

Code within the new iOS 18.4 beta shows that Apple appears to be readying an alternative to its ChatGPT integration in Apple Intelligence, with an option to use Google Gemini.