iPhone 17 On-device Siri AI won't support iPhone 17

[turbo79]

WWDC keynote. Sadly it looks like on-device Siri AI won't support the iPhone 17, or the 16 Pro. Only 17 Pro and Air. So much for the "Built for Apple Intelligence" when they were released.

They sure raced through that slide quickly, was on screen for maybe two seconds. Nasty stuff Apple.

iOS 27’s most powerful on-device AI requires iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air - 9to5Mac

iOS 27’s most powerful on-device AI model will be restricted to some of Apple’s newest products. Here are the details

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[MegaBlue]

There are only two features I've found that use the advanced model, which is just the new dictation model and the customizable siri voice. Everything else has full support, which is everything originally promised in 18 plus a lot more.

There is more than one on-device model being used.

 

[applefanb0y]

Well, Series 9 isn't getting 27 while iPhone 11 is. Weird WWDC all around.

 

[chown33]

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