On Monday, Apple surprised the iPhone world during its WWDC 2026 keynote… just not in the way you might think.
In a show full of detailed demonstrations of new features coming to iOS 27, including the new AI-fueled Siri upgrade, one of the biggest surprises involved which iPhones will actually support the new OS update. Rumors ahead of the show indicated that the iPhone 11 lineup would be excluded from software updates this year, effectively forcing obsolescence on anyone who owns an iPhone from that generation.
Well, the rumor mill had this one dead wrong.
Every iPhone that will support iOS 27
Before we get to the full list, yes, your iPhone 11 model will be able to install iOS 27. Apple made it a point to emphasize this fact during the WWDC keynote. Whether those rumors were flat-out wrong or Apple managed to figure something out at the last-minute, we’ll probably never know.
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Anyway, here’s the full list of phones that will be able to install iOS 27 when it’s available this fall:
However, there is one big asterisk on all of this. If you want to use the new Siri AI and the other new Apple Intelligence features being introduced in iOS 27, everything older than an iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max will be excluded. Even in the iPhone 15 family, the base and Plus models will seemingly not support Siri AI, according to Apple’s press release.
What iPhones will support Siri AI and Apple Intelligence?
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With the new version of iOS, Apple will have a two-tiered system where some people will have iOS 27 with AI, and others will have iOS 27 with a whole lot less AI. This is because many Apple Intelligence and Siri AI processes will happen on your device, and phones with older chips won’t be able to support these features.
So, if you want to use the new Siri AI and the full suite of Apple Intelligence upgrades coming to iPhones in the fall, you’ll need one of the following devices:
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iPhone 15 Pro
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iPhone 15 Pro Max
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iPhone 16e
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iPhone 16
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iPhone 16 Pro
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iPhone 16 Pro Max
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iPhone 17e
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iPhone 17
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iPhone 17 Pro
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iPhone 17 Pro Max
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iPhone Air
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