Talk of a Google-Powered Siri - MOSK: 08.25.2025

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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- Bloomberg: Apple Talks to Google About Gemini-Powered Siri - MacRumors: Apple TV+ Price Increase Sweetens Apple One and Annual TV+ Deals - Report: Some Cancelers Getting Discount Apple TV+ Offer - iOS 26 to Open Qi2 25W Wireless Charging to iPhone 16 and Third-Party Chargers - Apple Sues OPPO, Former Employee for Alleged Trade Secret Theft - OPPO Denies Wrongdoing in Apple Trade Secret Suit - Vera Farmiga and Mark Wahlberg Signed for Apple TV+ Film - Apple Services Celebrate and Donate to US National Parks - What the Heck is My iPhone Thinking? - Sponsored by Insta360 Go Ultra - A tiny, hands-free 4K camera. Go Ultra today at store.insta360.com with code macosken - Getting wrong numbers from A.I and OS security updates on Checklist No. 437 - 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 pops on Siri Talk.
0:11.0	Old phones get a new trick in iOS 26.
0:14.5	And what the heck was my iPhone thinking?
0:18.3	It's a new thing we're trying this Monday, the 25th of August 2025. I'm Ken Ray,
0:25.1	and this is news from macOS Ken. Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by the Insta 360
0:33.3	Go Ultra, a tiny hands-free 4K camera.
0:39.3	Go Ultra today at store.insta360.com with promo code MacOS Ken.
0:46.0	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:53.3	Find out more and then your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
1:01.5	Google shares got rocked in a positive way on Friday.
1:06.0	That's when Bloomberg's Mark German published a post that Apple is considering Google Gemini
1:10.7	to power the
1:11.4	smarter Siri for which we've been waiting since summer of 2024.
1:16.8	9 to 5 Mac highlights the report, which says the iPhone maker recently approached Google to
1:21.9	explore building a custom AI model that would serve as the foundation for the new Siri next year. Secret sources tell
1:30.8	German that Google has started training a model that could run on Apple servers. How serious is this?
1:37.8	Well, I guess as serious as the time German said Apple was looking to open AI and or Anthropic for a Super Siri solution.
1:46.5	Also, Apple may still go it alone.
1:50.2	Internally, says German, Apple is holding a bake-off to see which approach will work best.
1:56.2	The company is simultaneously developing two versions of the new Siri,
2:00.4	one that's powered by its own models,
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