GoKawiiliOS 27 has some exciting new Apple Intelligence upgrades coming, but you’ll need the most powerful iPhones to access some of them—and in a repeat of recent history, iPhone 17 won’t even make the cut. Here’s why.
With iOS 27, the latest base iPhone gets excluded from select features—just like in 2024
Back in June 2024, Apple Intelligence was unveiled with very limited hardware support in iOS 18. Apple said it would be available on iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max—that’s it.
At the time, that meant cutting off two of the company’s four latest and greatest iPhone models. The base iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus were not supported.
For a company that typically extends new software features to old devices for many years, it was a surprising move.
But it was also expected to be a one-off. The understanding was that AI, especially on-device AI, comes with stricter hardware requirements. And when Apple Intelligence launched, it needed 8GB RAM minimum—thus, the more affordable iPhone 15 models missed out.
With iOS 27 though, history is repeating itself. Apple has once again introduced new AI features that its latest base model iPhone doesn’t support.
Why iPhone 17 doesn’t support certain AI features in iOS 27
There are two AI upgrades this year that won’t be coming to iPhone 17:
iOS 27’s most powerful on-device AI model requires iPhone 17 Pro or Pro Max, or iPhone Air The same is true for a new Siri AI voice customization feature, which iPhone 17 won’t support
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