XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/12/2026 6:22 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Q: Why is Apple choosing Google's Gemini to power Siri?   
   > A: ?   
   >   
   >   *Apple teams up with Google Gemini for AI-powered Siri*   
   >      
      
   Pretty simple really. Why has Apple not invested cloud computing while   
   Microsoft and Amazon have made cloud a successful core piece of their   
   business? Why use third party search engines?   
      
   Apple has limited resources. Not so much financial, but technical.   
   Developing a search or AI engine takes years and different skills than   
   customer support, hardware, apps and operating systems that are Apple's   
   focus. AI involves massive hardware and human capital investments. Plus,   
   we do not even know yet if those investments will every meet the hype.   
   My stock portfolio sure hope AI succeeds!   
      
   Why Gemini? Based on what I have read it's a good fit and builds on the   
   existing Google relationship. Privacy concerns may be an issue.   
      
   Siri was OK start in its day. But Siri failed to keep up with the   
   competition and has fallen way behind now. That is, except in Siri's   
   Apple hardware-specific capabilities baked into the Apple OS. Even that   
   is far from perfect.   
      
   Only time will tell if it was a good decision or not.   
      
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