A Google-fied Siri and Changes for App Stores - MOSK: 11.06.2025

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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- Bloomberg: Apple to Pay Google About $1B Annually for Smarter Siri's A.I. - Google Offers Sweeping Play Store Changes to End Epic Antitrust Fight - iOS 26.2 Beta Supports Third-Party App Store in Japan - Report: Apple Pulls iOS/iPadOS 26.2 Betas for Machines with C1 Modem - Apple Gives old HomeKit a Few Extra Months of Support - Apple Brings Security Fixes with iOS/iPadOS 18.7.2 - Delta Adds Enhanced Boarding Passes to Apple Wallet - Hertz Car Rental Joins Apple Card 3% Daily Cash Back Club - Apple Dips Shazam in Liquid Glass - Three More Games Hit Apple Arcade Today - Sponsored by NordLayer: Now through Dec. 10 get 28% off NordLayer yearly plans with coupon code macosken-28 at NordLayer.com/macosken - Keeping bad guys out of your iPhone and busting ghost accounts on Checklist No. 447 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Google May Power, The Smarter Siri, shakeups and app store architectures, and travel updates for Apple Wallet.
0:17.3	It is Thursday, 6th of November 2025.
0:21.0	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:26.5	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Nordlayer.
0:31.1	Secure your network, blog threats to your business,
0:33.7	and get 28% off Nordlayer yearly plans today with coupon code
0:39.4	macOScan dash 28 at Nordlayer.com slash macOS ken.
0:46.8	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:54.5	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
1:03.7	Spoiler alert, which is to say Mark German story,
1:08.9	Bloomberg had German posting a piece Wednesday that has Apple planning to drop about a
1:13.6	billion dollars a year on Google for an AI model to power a smarter Siri. Following an extensive
1:21.4	evaluation period, says the report. The two companies are now finalizing an agreement that would
1:27.1	give Apple access to Google's technology,
1:29.9	according to the people who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private.
1:36.8	Are they, though?
1:39.4	The piece says it wouldn't be a forever thing.
1:42.9	Having tried a few AI solutions, including options from Anthropic and OpenAI,
1:49.3	Apple has chosen to go with Google, though the hope, according to Bloomberg, is to use the technology
1:55.4	as an interim solution until Apple's own models are powerful enough.
2:01.3	If true, it is odd that this deal isn't finalized already.
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