Your iPhone 11 Will Run iOS 27, but It Won't Run Siri AI
Key takeaways
- Apple announced the upcoming i OS 27 update at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday.
- WWDC was focused on the integration of AI into Apple's digital assistant Siri.
- Apple Intelligence still only works with the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max and all newer iPhones.
Apple announced the upcoming i OS 27 update at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. While the company announced that the next i OS version will be compatible with devices reaching back to the i Phone 11, the move feels underwhelming for people with older devices, thanks to one wrinkle.
WWDC was focused on the integration of AI into Apple's digital assistant Siri. The company spent about 25 minutes on platform improvements and privacy combined, then almost double that on Siri and Apple Intelligence. And while Apple said the digital assistant can help you in more areas on your iPhone, it didn't expand on which iPhones can use AI features.
Apple Intelligence still only works with the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max and all newer iPhones. And according to Apple, some of the AI features in iOS 27 are only available on iPhones with 12GB of unified memory, like the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max and iPhone Air. So if you have an iPhone 11 -- or an iPhone 14 Pro as I do -- and were happy to hear your device could run iOS 27, most of the announced features from WWDC won't come to your phone.