Google has been incorporating its Gemini AI into several of its products recently, and now, the world’s most popular digital mapping program will be getting some additional AI upgrades. In the blog, the company likened the technology to “having a knowledgeable friend in the passenger seat who can confidently help you get where you’re going.”

Apple is turning to Google to make a custom Gemini AI model to power the next version of its virtual assistant Siri for spring 2026, according to a Nov. 2 report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. A subsequent report on Wednesday states Apple will pay $1 billion per year for this new 1.2 trillion parameter model.