This fall, Apple says it’s bringing a new version of Siri to iOS 27. The update changes how you use your iPhone through Siri AI. Apple says the assistant now runs on Apple Intelligence, the company’s AI system, so conversations should feel more natural, Siri can pull information from your apps, and it can handle tasks with more context than before.
So the obvious question is: when iOS 27 arrives this fall, will Siri AI work on your iPhone? Here’s what Apple says.
Devices compatible with Siri AI
Here’s the part that matters most: Siri AI only works on iPhones that support Apple Intelligence, according to Apple. Right now, that means you’ll need at least an iPhone 15 Pro or a newer model to use these features**.
Apple has also said that newer phones, including the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air, use their extra processing power for quicker responses, even when you’re offline. Those models, along with future iPhones, are also the only ones that will let you customize Siri’s voice and fine-tune its tone and speaking pace so it sounds exactly the way you want, again according to Apple.
Aside from those two differences, every iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence will get Siri AI over the next few months, Apple says. It’s a big upgrade.
Apple says Siri AI uses a mix of on-device processing and its Private Cloud Compute system, which should keep performance solid across all supported iPhones. With it, Apple says you’ll be able to ask Siri to write text , summarize documents, use information from what’s on screen, and take action inside your apps. That’s a real shift in how the iPhone works day to day.
