WWDC26: Platforms State of the Union | Apple
Apple's latest Foundation Models are now built with Google, leveraging Gemini technology to power Apple Intelligence.
“Working together with Google and leveraging the technologies behind their Gemini family of models, we created the latest Apple Foundation models to power our Apple intelligence experiences”
At WWDC26, Apple revealed its latest Apple Foundation Models are built in partnership with Google using Gemini technology, running on-device and on Private Cloud Compute. The Foundation Models framework now adds image input and third-party cloud model integration, signaling Apple's deepening reliance on external frontier models and a major Apple-Google AI alliance.