iOS 27 shipped September 14, 2026, as construct 24A437, and Apple’s assist documentation lists the brand new Apple Intelligence capabilities by platform. Counting Siri AI individually and counting Apple’s three Intelligent Accessibility subfeatures individually produces 20 entries for the needs of this text. Updating does not hand each iPhone proprietor all 20 iOS 27 Apple Intelligence options without delay, although. Hardware, storage, language, age, and area every gate entry on their very own, and a few entries by no means contact iPhone in any respect.
Apple teams a number of capabilities underneath a single support-page entry. The photo-editing itemizing bundles Spatial Reframing, Extend, and Improved Clean Up into one line; the Safari itemizing bundles three separate instruments the identical manner.
Which iPhones qualify for Apple Intelligence options in iOS 27
Apple’s assist web page, printed alongside the discharge final week, lists supported iPhones as iPhone 16 or later, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone Air. Apple’s newsroom put up from the identical day provides “iPhone Duo” to that record. The cited paperwork don’t clarify the discrepancy, so use Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri as an extra eligibility test fairly than counting on both printed record alone.
Storage necessities differ by mannequin. iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air want as much as 14GB free; different eligible iPhones want as much as 8GB. Device language and Siri language additionally need to match, set to the identical supported language, or the options will not activate even on qualifying {hardware}.
Language assist will get extra sophisticated as soon as particular person apps enter the image. Apple Intelligence broadly helps 16 languages, together with English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean. Siri AI launches in English solely, with French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish scheduled to reach subsequent month.
Some particular person instruments carry their very own limits on high of that: Mail Suggestions and Personalized Smart Reply in Messages are English-only; Apple doesn’t record the identical English-only restriction for Personalized Smart Reply in Mail.
Where the options nonetheless do not work, it doesn’t matter what iPhone you’ve got
Siri AI is not accessible at launch on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch within the EU, although EU-based Mac and Vision Pro customers can entry it in a supported language. Apple individually confirms that next-generation across-app options akin to superior picture modifying, Image Playground, and clever searching can be found to EU customers on supported iPhones and iPads. Siri AI and options that depend upon Siri AI are the said exceptions on iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS.
Apple’s assist web page restricts your complete function set for mainland China in two separate methods. Apple says supported units bought in mainland China are presently excluded from Apple Intelligence. Separately, the function set will not work if each circumstances apply collectively: a consumer presently positioned in mainland China and an Apple Account area additionally set to mainland China. The purchase-location restriction blocks entry by itself; the location-plus-account restriction wants each components current. Apple hasn’t printed a timeline for lifting both one, so it is price treating this as unavailable fairly than pending.
Siri AI additionally is not accessible to customers underneath 13.
Five iPhone options highlighted in Apple’s announcement
The following 5 obtain the clearest user-facing descriptions in Apple’s announcement. They aren’t an unbiased rating of usefulness or efficiency, simply the entries Apple selected to elucidate in probably the most element.
Siri AI. Apple says it solutions questions on no matter’s on display screen by means of Visual Intelligence, attracts on private context throughout Messages, Mail, and Photos, pulls present net outcomes, and takes actions throughout apps. It’s rolling out as a beta in English proper now, not a completed function. A separate, devoted Siri app syncs dialog historical past throughout units by means of iCloud, which Apple says is finished privately on a brand new structure constructed to guard consumer privateness; that is distinct from asking Siri by means of the same old voice set off, and it is Apple’s personal declare in regards to the sync, not independently verified.
Photo modifying instruments. Apple confirms Spatial Reframing, Extend, and Improved Clean Up as new instruments, plus a caveat that utilization limits could apply. Apple’s materials does not spell out the precise workflow contained in the Photos app or what the utilization quota appears to be like like, so deal with “usage limits may apply” as an open query fairly than a set quantity.
Image Playground. Apple says it could possibly generate photorealistic pictures and settle for natural-language edit requests. Like Siri AI and picture modifying, it is topic to day by day utilization limits Apple hasn’t printed a quantity for, which issues extra right here since picture era tends to hit these caps quicker than text-based instruments.
Safari intelligence. Apple lists this as three distinct instruments for iPhone, iPad, and Mac: computerized tab group by matter, Notify Me alerts for web page modifications like restocks, and Describe an Extension, which generates a customized browser extension from a plain-text description. Vision Pro solely will get a partial model, organizing bookmarks and studying lists by matter fairly than full tabs.
Natural-language Shortcuts. Describing a shortcut in plain language as an alternative of constructing it manually is its personal entry on Apple’s assist record, separate from the equally worded calendar and reminder instruments lined within the desk beneath. Apple marks Describe a Shortcut as topic to attainable utilization limits and individually identifies AFM 3 Cloud fashions in Shortcuts among the many server-side options lined by day by day limits.
The remainder of Apple’s iOS 27 Apple Intelligence full record
Fourteen extra entries spherical out the 20. Each row lists each platform Apple names for that function, since a number of lengthen to Apple Watch or Vision Pro alongside iPhone.
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Suggestions in Mail — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac; Language/restrict: English solely; Status: New
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Personalized Smart Reply (Messages) — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro; Language/restrict: English solely; Status: New
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Personalized Smart Reply (Mail) — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac; Status: New
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Automatic proofreading — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac; Status: New
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Call Context — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch; Status: New
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Describe a calendar occasion — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac; Status: New
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Describe a reminder — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac; Status: New
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Home app exercise notifications — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro; Status: New
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HomePackage Secure Video AI search/captions — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro; Language/restrict: Usage limits could apply; Status: New
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Enhanced Workout Buddy (no iPhone close by) — Platforms: iPhone, Apple Watch; Language/restrict: English and Spanish solely; Status: New
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Journal writing prompts — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac; Status: New
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VoiceOver/Magnifier descriptions — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro (VoiceOver); Status: New
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Voice Control versatile merchandise names — Platforms: iPhone, iPad; Language/restrict: US, UK, Canada, and Australia English; Status: New
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Accessibility Reader cleanup/summaries — Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro; Status: New
That’s 5 options above plus 14 within the desk, 19 entries complete. The twentieth is “intelligent file and folder name suggestions in Finder,” which Apple’s assist web page tags with iPhone regardless of Finder being a Mac-only app. This article marks it as Apple-listed however excluded as a result of its platform tag conflicts with Finder’s Mac-only id, fairly than folding it into both rely above.
A handful of things that sound like they could apply to iPhone really do not. Live Rewind, which remembers latest dialog audio, and a Digital Crown double-press that surfaces the final 15 seconds of a dialog as textual content, are each described particularly for Apple Watch. Sound Recognition for deaf and hard-of-hearing alerts can be Watch-only.
Two extra capabilities are confirmed however not reside but. Siri Recap and new Health options are coming later this 12 months. Apple says Siri Recap requires Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4 paired with an Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone 16 or later, excluding iPhone 16e; it is going to launch in English and initially stay unavailable within the EU. Apple’s Health announcement additionally supplies gadget and regional {qualifications} for particular person options.
What to test earlier than assuming a function is damaged
Work by means of this order earlier than writing off a lacking function as a bug:
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Confirm the construct is 24A437 or later underneath Settings > General > About
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Confirm free storage clears the mannequin’s threshold underneath Settings > General > iPhone Storage
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Confirm gadget and Siri language match underneath Settings > General > Language & Region and Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri
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Confirm Apple Intelligence is toggled on in that very same menu
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Confirm the Apple Account area is not set to China mainland underneath Settings > [name]
Siri AI is explicitly rolling out as a beta. The cited Apple supplies do not describe a staged rollout for the opposite entries, so if a type of is lacking in any case 5 checks cross, recheck its language, area, and platform necessities earlier than assuming one thing’s damaged.
Two issues Apple’s personal documentation leaves open. Usage limits on Siri AI, Image Playground, the photo-editing instruments, and Shortcuts’ AFM 3 Cloud fashions fluctuate by function, request complexity, and system demand, however the assist web page does not specify the precise caps. And Apple’s June preview stated elevated entry got here with most iCloud+ plans, whereas its assist web page now says expanded entry will value further “in the future.” Apple hasn’t defined how the present iCloud+ profit pertains to that future paid tier, so neither assertion ought to be handled as last coverage.
What to do based mostly on the place you’re
Eligible outdoors the EU and China mainland: replace, affirm the construct is 24A437 or later, and switch Apple Intelligence on in Settings. Siri AI continues to be a beta, and several other server-based instruments carry utilization limits, so if a listed function is lacking, recheck its language, area, and account necessities earlier than treating it as a bug.
In the EU: Siri AI will not work on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Apple’s announcement does not affirm a full feature-by-feature record for the remainder, so test particular person instruments like Photos, Safari, Image Playground, and Shortcuts after updating fairly than assume the entire non-Siri lineup is obtainable.
Tied to mainland China by gadget buy, or by present location plus Apple Account area: none of this works but, and Apple hasn’t given a timeline. Check Apple’s assist web page periodically fairly than delaying an in any other case worthwhile iOS 27 replace over this alone.