Apple now asks users for permission before sending Apple Intelligence requests to Google Cloud, according to a new report by 9to5Mac. Apple has added a new prompt in iOS 27 and last year's iOS 26 that requests users' permission when their data is sent to Google Cloud. Users can allow permission once or automatically for all such requests. The prompt was noticed while running the shape generation feature in iWork on iOS 26, reading: "Your text will be sent to Google Cloud to generate shapes. Your data is never used for training." Apple's AI uses Google's Gemini to power many new features announced at its WWDC event last month, requiring some user data to be shared with Google Cloud. Apple had announced during WWDC 2026 that it was extending support for its Private Cloud Compute to Google Cloud, stating that Google-powered AI foundation models will run on Google Cloud infrastructure backed by Nvidia GPUs while using its own Private Cloud Compute architecture. Apple said user requests remain stateless, data is not retained, and devices only communicate with cryptographically approved software.