New Apple updates coming with iOS 27
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Apple announced iOS 27 today at WWDC 2026. The update focuses on upgrades to Siri, new Apple Intelligence features,
But many of the new features Apple mentioned require support for Apple Intelligence, which remains confined to newer devices with at least 8GB of RAM. Apple Intelligence still requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, an iPhone 16 or newer, or an iPhone Air. On the iPad, support requires an iPad Air or iPad Pro with an M1 or newer.
OS 27 could bring major AI upgrades, smarter Siri, and big iOS performance and stability improvements. Here’s everything we’ve heard so far about the 2026 iOS update.
OS 27’s most powerful on-device AI model will be restricted to some of Apple’s newest products. Here are the details
Apple's most advanced on-device AI model in iOS 27 requires a minimum of 12GB of unified memory, meaning the standard iPhone 17 is excluded. The next generation of Apple Intelligence introduces a new on-device model more powerful than anything Apple has shipped before.
After digging through parts of the iOS 27 code following WWDC 2026, developer Sam Henri Gold discovered new internal references tied to device folding states. Macworld was able to independently confirm the findings, and some of these references are extremely difficult to explain away as anything other than foldable device support.