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Will Siri actually get better? 🤔

February 17, 2026 / 00:59

This episode discusses Apple's announcement of integrating Gemini to enhance Siri's capabilities, the potential for improved visual search, and the future of OpenAI's partnership with Apple.

The conversation highlights how Gemini can elevate Siri's performance, allowing for more complex queries without relying on external tools like ChatGPT. The hosts speculate on the implications of this shift for Siri's functionality.

They also consider the current limitations of Apple's visual search feature and how Gemini could transform it into a more advanced tool, similar to Android's capabilities.

Overall, the episode raises questions about the future of AI integration in Apple's ecosystem and what it means for users.

TL;DR

Apple announces Gemini integration to enhance Siri's capabilities and questions future of OpenAI partnership.

Episode

0:59
00:00:00
Siri bad now. Siri could be good soon.
00:00:04
Apple has formally come out and
00:00:06
announced that they're going to be using
00:00:08
Gemini to power the new Siri. Exciting.
00:00:10
It will be able to do all these things
00:00:12
that Gemini is already doing and is
00:00:14
already good at. What else will Apple
00:00:16
add on top of it? As of right now, the
00:00:18
Apple Intelligence feature where you do
00:00:19
a visual search of what's on your screen
00:00:21
just does a Google image search, which
00:00:23
is pretty basic, but what if it had all
00:00:25
the Gemini goodness and you did like
00:00:27
true circle to search just like Android.
00:00:29
And then the other question is what
00:00:30
happens to the open AI integration with
00:00:32
chat GPT. If you ask Siri a question
00:00:34
that is too complicated or multi-step or
00:00:36
whatever and chat GPT would be better
00:00:38
for it, which is lots of things, it will
00:00:40
literally ask you, hey, can I can I use
00:00:42
chat GBT to do this and you say yes and
00:00:45
then it does that query. But if if
00:00:46
you're getting the Gemini Foundation
00:00:48
model and Siri gets this huge LLM
00:00:50
reboot, it will theoretically not ever
00:00:52
have to kick out to something it can't
00:00:54
do anymore. Why would we have the OpenAI
00:00:57
partnership anymore at

Episode Highlights

  • Apple's New Siri
    Apple has announced that the new Siri will be powered by Gemini, promising exciting advancements.
    “Exciting.”
    @ 00m 08s
    February 17, 2026
  • Siri's Visual Search Potential
    What if Siri's visual search could rival Android's true circle search?
    “What if it had all the Gemini goodness?”
    @ 00m 23s
    February 17, 2026
  • The Future of AI Integration
    With the new Gemini model, Siri may not need to rely on OpenAI's ChatGPT anymore.
    “It will theoretically not ever have to kick out to something it can't do anymore.”
    @ 00m 48s
    February 17, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Exciting.
    Will Siri actually get better? 🤔
  • What if it had all the Gemini goodness?
    Will Siri actually get better? 🤔
  • It will theoretically not ever have to kick out to something it can't do anymore.
    Will Siri actually get better? 🤔

Key Moments

  • Gemini Announcement00:08
  • Visual Search Speculation00:23
  • AI Integration Future00:48

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