Apple has reportedly finalized a secret agreement to pay Google approximately $1 billion annually to integrate Google's powerful Gemini AI model into a future, revamped version of Siri. The collaboration aims to significantly enhance Siri's capabilities, particularly in areas like summarization and planning, addressing a key area where Apple has been perceived as lagging behind competitors. The deal is a notable departure from Apple's usual strategy of relying on in-house technology for core features. According to reports, Apple intends to keep the partnership under wraps, internally referring to the Google-developed model by the codename "AFM v10" to maintain the appearance of using its own foundation models. This move underscores the immense pressure Apple faces in the generative AI race and its willingness to make significant strategic, and costly, decisions to advance its AI-powered user experiences. The technology will reportedly run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute servers to ensure user data remains isolated from Google.