Apple has yet to deliver a smarter Siri, but a potential partnership with Google could yield an AI assistant beyond what Apple could produce on its own.

The big picture: Using Google's Gemini under the hood could create a stronger pocket assistant, but much will come down to how well Apple can stitch together its voice assistant with Google's technology.

Driving the news: Bloomberg reports Apple is nearing a $1 billion-a-year agreement to run a custom version of Gemini on Apple servers.

Between the lines: Apple laid out a compelling vision for Apple Intelligence and an improved Siri last year, but failed to deliver. • Siri still relies on Apple's in-house tech, but can hand off some questions to ChatGPT with user permission. • Apple has promised since 2024 that Siri would be able to

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