If your iPhone or Mac has Apple Intelligence, you’re getting Siri AI
If your iPhone or Mac has Apple Intelligence, you’re getting Siri AI
Publish Date: 2026-06-11 13:06:00
Source Domain: appleinsider.com
Because Apple tossed out a slide that has no context outside the keynote, the internet has convinced itself that Siri AI is only coming to hardware released since 2024. That’s untrue.
Apple announced Siri AI as part of the WWDC 2026 opening keynote on June 8. It’ll ship this fall as part of the iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 software updates.
Siri AI is built on Apple Intelligence and will see the assistant gain new abilities, including a new chatbot-like interface. And it’ll be available on all of the same devices that already support other Apple Intelligence features.
That hasn’t stopped people from taking to social media and forums across the internet to cry foul, though. They want to know why their AI-ready iPhone 17 won’t get the new AI features this fall.
There’s clearly confusion, coupled with the internet’s tendency to go off half-cocked. And we only have to look at Apple’s Siri AI announcement to see where that confusion comes from.
Confusion at Apple’s core (advanced model)
During its Siri AI unveiling as well as in its press release, Apple mentioned its “most advanced on-device model ever.” It then went on to say that this model is only available on a very limited number of devices.
Apple says the most powerful on-device AI models will not be on all devices – image credit: Apple
In the case of the iPhone, those devices include the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. For iPad, you’ll need any of the models with an M5 chip or newer with 12GB of RAM. Mac owners with an M3 or newer, but still with 12GB of RAM or more, are also good to go.
Unfortunately, that’s where far too many people stopped paying attention. If they hadn’t, they’d know that the AFM Core Advanced model Apple was talking about is only actually used for two Siri AI features.
One of those features that older hardware won’t get allows users to customize the way Siri sounds, while the other brings improved system-wide dictation.
That’s it….
