… For “more sophisticated” questions, your device will contact cloud-based models, again co-developed by Apple and Google: a general-use model called AFM 3 Cloud, an image-generation model called ADM 3 Cloud, and an advanced model called AFM 3 Cloud Pro for “agentic tool use and complex reasoning.” T… …
… On Android, Google doesn’t even bother trying to do that locally. Talking to Gemini always goes straight to the cloud. After inking the Google deal, Apple apparently got to work distilling Google’s giant cloud-based Gemini models. …
… You activate it like most digital assistants, either with a button on the steering wheel, an icon on the infotainment display, or with a trigger phrase—in this case, “Hey Rivian” or “OK, Rivian.” Because the assistant runs within Rivian’s private cloud, it has a deep integration into the EV’s subsy… …
… Apple and Google announced that Apple would use Google’s Gemini language models to power the new Siri, but aside from vague promises to ship the feature this calendar year, Apple has kept mostly quiet about it. …
… Matt Schruers is CEO of a trade association that counts Google and Apple among members, the Computer & Communications Industry Association. …
… Apple joins the patch party “Impact: An attacker within Bluetooth range may be able to listen through the microphone of a device which is not yet paired and actively seeking pair requests,” Apple said in a Tuesday security advisory . …
… The CMA applied the rules to Google after determining that it has “strategic market status” in general search services, and has ongoing investigations into Apple and Microsoft. Google today said it will comply with the CMA decision. …
… As the new system rolls out, Google will use labels that are more prominent on both standard videos and YouTube Shorts. …
… The new “Siri AI”—now being promised for OS updates rolling out “this fall”—will come alongside a new Google-powered update to Apple’s on-device Foundation Models, as well as tighter integration of all these AI capabilities across Apple’s many operating systems. …
… According to Google, Home users who have signed up for the early access channel should already have the update to Gemini 3.1. Google initially released this AI model on other platforms in February, but that rollout didn’t include Google’s smart speakers. …
