Apple may be delivering on its promise to add more AI models to Apple Intelligence. The company recently rolled out a backend update with iOS 18.4 that includes coding language for supporting Google Gemini. MacRumors analyst Aaron Perris initially spotted the update on X.

This discovery is not unexpected. Following the keynote announcement of Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, software exec Craig Federighi confirmed rumors of an Apple and Google partnership, saying, "We’re looking forward to doing integrations with other models, including Google Gemini, for instance, in the future."

Google is pulling its Gemini assistant from the main Google app on iOS, in a bid to encourage users to download the dedicated Gemini app.

It would join ChatGPT. Apple Intelligence already has support for ChatGPT, and now it looks like Apple is hard at work on integrating Google's Gemini

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Google Google announced Wednesday that it is removing its model from the Google app on iOS, meaning that Apple users will need to download the dedicated Gemini app in order to use it. When Google first introduced its Gemini AI to the Apple product ecosystem,

Gemini integrates so well with Google’s ecosystem that there’s a much greater risk of folks casting Apple Intelligence than abandoning Gemini for ChatGPT. A lack of Gemini on the iPhone could even be enough to persuade some folks to switch platforms to experience everything Gemini has to offer.

Google really wants you to download its Gemini app. The tech giant is pulling the AI tool from its iOS search app — you know, the Google app — in an apparent effort to push you to the Gemini app. The tech giant alerted customers to the change in an email.

Last fall, Google introduced a standalone Gemini app for iOS. At the same time, the AI assistant remained in the standalone Google app. That’s now changing. As 9to5Google first noted, Google is informing iOS users that it will remove Gemini support from the Google app. In doing so, it wants you to rely solely on the Gemini app.

Google has launched a standalone Gemini app for iOS users, now available for download from the App Store. This new release offers a more comprehensive set of functionalities and features compared to its predecessor within the Google app.