Apple has introduced code referencing “Google” as a third-party model choice for Apple Intelligence to leverage, according to a backend change spotted by Aaron Perris, who often shares info gleaned from Apple firmware code,

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."

The iOS 18.4 update will bring several new capabilities, including priority notifications. However, the new Siri, Apples digital assistant, will arrive later, with the iOS 18.5 update.

Priority Notifications is a new Apple Intelligence feature for iPhones that automatically identifies and highlights important notifications. Using on-device processing, it detects which updates may be significant for the user and sorts them into a dedicated section.

The evidence of Google’s integration with Apple Intelligence was said to be found in the backend code of iOS 18.4.

Apple, on Friday, confirmed that iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4, arriving in April, will introduce Apple Intelligence in localised Indian English, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese. This update will also bring Apple Intelligence to the EU region.

Apple Intelligence is likley to be powered by Google’s Gemini AI model alongside ChatGPT, here’s what we know so far.

Code within the new iOS 18.4 beta shows that Apple appears to be readying an alternative to its ChatGPT integration in Apple Intelligence, with an option to use Google Gemini.