GoKawiilToday, Apple unveiled the new Siri AI, with a dedicated app and powerful capabilities. Among Siri’s new features is a more customizable voice, but you’ll need one of Apple’s newest iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Vision Pro models to use it. Here are the details.
Customizable Siri voice reserved for newer devices
During the WWDC 26 keynote today, Apple announced the new Siri AI, and a completely revamped and improved experience, supported by its partnership with Google. You can learn more about the new Siri AI here.
One of Siri AI’s new features is the ability to customize the assistant’s pace and expressivity with sliders, in addition to choosing its accent from a drop-down menu.
However, voice customization will not be available to everyone with access to the new Siri. According to Apple, these are the minimum system requirements for Siri’s voice customization feature:
Available on iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPad models with M4 and later and at least 12GB of unified memory, Mac models with M3 and later and at least 12GB of unified memory, and Apple Vision Pro (M5).
In other words, even if your device can run iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, or visionOS 27 and the new Siri AI, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have access to Siri’s voice customization feature. For now, Apple is reserving that specific feature for some of its most advanced and recent devices.
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