By Wesley Hilliard
Publication Date: 2026-03-19 20:09:00
As everyone waits for the new Apple Foundation Models trained by Gemini, Google is pushing ahead on bringing a native Gemini app to the Mac. It’ll be similar to those offered by Anthropic and OpenAI.
Apple and Google have always been uneasy partners. Google Maps predated Apple Maps on iPhone, and Google is always slow to adopt new Apple APIs in its apps.
Some of that has shifted in Apple’s favor since the Gemini partnership was announced. First, a native YouTube app was finally released on Apple Vision Pro, and now Gemini is getting a native app on Mac.
According to a report from Bloomberg, sourced from app researcher M1Astra, Google has begun private testing of the new app. The Gemini app for Mac will function similarly to the ChatGPT and Claude apps as more features are added.
There isn’t any timeline on when the app will release, but it appears to be imminent. It isn’t reliant on Apple announcing or releasing the new Apple Foundation Models, so it could be…
