Apple will power its refreshed Siri with Google‑hosted Nvidia Blackwell B200 chips, a move revealed by The Information. The plan follows Apple’s promise to spotlight on‑device AI at WWDC, while still routing cloud‑heavy queries to Google’s Gemini models under a partnership agreement.

Blackwell, Nvidia’s 2024 successor to Hopper, targets large language models and can accelerate inference by up to three times. Apple will encrypt user data with Nvidia’s confidential compute, ensuring that even when Siri offloads work to the cloud, privacy remains intact for every interaction across iOS and macOS devices in 2026.

Apple’s usual strategy of owning every chip and software layer shifts here; the company will rely on Google’s data‑center infrastructure instead of its Private Cloud Compute system. That move could streamline development but also raises questions about how Apple plans to integrate its server fleet with the new Siri architecture.

With the September launch of iOS 27, users will experience a Siri that blends on‑device speed and cloud‑powered depth. Apple’s partnership with Nvidia signals a pragmatic pivot, prioritizing performance over total control. The decision will shape how the company balances privacy, speed, and third‑party reliance in its AI future for 2026.