iOS 27 Supported Devices & Compatible iPhone Models
iOS 27 is sure to be a popular update for iPhone, with a big emphasis on boosting device performance, Liquid Glass refinements, significant improvements to Siri with Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, and more. With all of these exciting improvements and features, you might be wondering if your iPhone is capable of running iOS 27, and if you have a device that supports all the new AI features or not.
Whether you’re just curious about the compatible iPhone models, what iPhone models will support what new AI feature, you’re trying to plan ahead for the fall release of iOS 27, or because you’re curious about jumping in now by installing the iOS 27 beta, read along and you’ll find the full list of iOS 27 supported iPhone models, as well as a breakdown of what iPhone models will support the latest AI features.
iOS 27 Compatible iPhone Model List
Apple is offering broad support for iOS 27, and it turns out that every single iPhone model that can run iOS 26 can also run iOS 27. Here’s the full list of iOS 27 supported devices:
- iPhone 17 Pro Max
- iPhone 17 Pro
- iPhone 17 Air
- iPhone 17
- iPhone 17e
- iPhone 16e
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 16 Pro Max
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation and later)
This list comes directly from Apple’s iOS 27 preview page.
As you likely have noticed, and we already mentioned, every single iPhone model that can run iOS 26, also can run iOS 27. That’s quite generous of Apple, and it makes sense given that iOS 27 is an update that is focused on performance enhancements and improvements, rather than tons of new giant flashy features, well, aside from all the new Siri AI features anyway. And it’s the Siri AI features and Apple Intelligence capabilities where some of the distinctions of iPhone models begins to show.
iPhone Models Supporting All New AI Features of iOS 27
iOS 27 brings tons of new AI features to iPhone, and that’s where the divide in support starts to show. There are actually three categories of iOS 27 AI support for iPhone, so let’s break them down:
Full Advanced Siri AI Support in iOS 27
iPhone models that will support every new Siri AI feature in iOS 27 is a much smaller list, limited to the iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone 17 Air. This includes features like custom Siri voices, and advanced on-device AI models.
Obviously any new iPhone introduced this year, like iPhone 18, will also support the new AI features too.
Standard AI, Apple Intelligence, and Siri AI Feature Support in iOS 27
The entire iPhone 16 lineup including iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, as well as iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, will support standard Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features.
iOS 27 iPhone Models with No AI / Apple Intelligence Support
All other iPhone models that are iPhone 15 and older, including iPhone 14, iPhone 13, iPhone 12, iPhone 11, etc, will run iOS 27, but they will not receive the new AI, Apple Intelligence, and Siri AI features. These devices will still have access to improved Siri, but it’s not nearly as capable as what is available on the higher end newer iPhone models, and these devices won’t have Apple Intelligence or other key AI features. If you have an older iPhone model like this, you can always use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc, to have AI features on your device instead.
What about iPad Models Supporting iPadOS 27?
While every iPhone supporting iOS 26 will also run iOS 27, that is not the case with iPad unfortunately, and some iPad models got cut from iPadOS 27 support. For example, iPad Pro 11″ 1st gen (2018 model) and iPad Pro 12.9″ 3rd gen 2018 model, will not run iPadOS 27. This is disappointing to many users for obvious reasons, especially given that iPadOS 27 is set to be a performance enhancing update, so it’s unclear why those iPad devices will not get the performance improvements.
iPadOS 27 will run on iPad Pro 11″ 2nd gen and newer, iPad Pro 12.9″ 4th gen and newer, iPad Air 5th gen and newer, iPad Mini 6th gen and newer, and iPad 9 and newer.
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