Apple’s Overhauled Siri Is Getting a Google and Nvidia Powered Upgrade in September
Apple’s overhauled Siri is officially on track for a September launch, and the setup powering it may surprise a lot of people. According to a new report from The Information, Apple will rely on Google’s fleet of Nvidia chips to power the revamped assistant.
Some iPhone users’ queries to the new Siri will be routed through Google Cloud and executed on a licensed version of Google’s Gemini model, using Nvidia’s Blackwell B200 data center GPUs. User data will be encrypted using Nvidia’s hardware-based confidential compute feature.
Apple plans to handle as many functions as possible directly on devices like iPhones, while offloading tasks that demand greater computing power to Google Cloud. The Blackwell B200 chips, introduced in 2024 as the successor to Hopper, are designed primarily for large language models and can dramatically speed up AI training and inference compared to the previous generation.
The move diverges from Apple’s long-held strategy of controlling all the critical ingredients in its products. It’s unusual for Apple to seemingly not try to control the whole stack, from its own servers to its own software. The company had previously launched its own server system called Private Cloud Compute, but Gemini for the next-generation Siri was reportedly too slow to run on that system.
Apple’s overhauled Siri is expected to be previewed at WWDC 2026, which kicks off with its opening keynote on Monday, June 8, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. Pacific time. Apple Intelligence was unveiled at WWDC 2024, but its rollout has been overshadowed by a lukewarm reception to initial features and ongoing delays to the more personalized version of Siri. The September launch represents Apple’s clearest attempt yet to course-correct.
