* 9to5Mac article
Google execs suggest Gemini-powered Siri will, in fact, run on Google’s own servers
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/04/google-execs-suggest-gemini-powered-siri-will-in-fact-run-on-googles-own-servers/
# Some content was translated from Gemini 3.0 Flash and then edited.
Currently, Apple's foundation models run on-device or use Apple's private cloud AI infrastructure called Private Cloud Compute (PCC) to protect user privacy when inference exceeds the processing range of on-device models.
While Apple's announcement suggested that Gemini-based Siri would run on its own infrastructure, Bloomberg reported a few days later that this was unlikely.
As evidence that Apple's policy could change, the two companies are discussing hosting the chatbot directly on Google servers equipped with powerful chips known as TPUs (Tensor Processing Units). In contrast, the current Siri update will run on Apple's own Private Cloud Computing servers using high-end Mac chips for processing.
Recently, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, said the following during Alphabet's Q4 2025 earnings call:
"We are collaborating with Apple as their priority cloud provider to develop a next-generation Apple foundation model based on Gemini technology."
Philipp Schindler, Chief Business Officer (CBO), also made a similar statement in his remarks.
"As Sundar mentioned, we are very pleased to be collaborating with Apple as their priority cloud provider to develop a next-generation Apple foundation model based on Gemini technology."
Neither Apple nor Google has definitively stated where the Gemini-based Siri will run. There is likely a good reason for this. According to Bloomberg, the two companies are still working out the details, and a phased rollout may occur with only the "Siri update to be introduced soon" running on Apple's PCC (Private Cloud Compute).
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also reiterated previous reports, adding that Apple could refer to Siri and Apple Intelligence as separate systems running on different infrastructures.
https://x.com/markgurman/status/2019179538081583379
