Apple’s Siri Finally Gets an AI Makeover, but Only on Newer Devices

Apple’s Siri Finally Gets an AI Makeover, but Only on Newer Devices
Apple began rolling out its 2026 operating-system updates today, led by iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate. The release package also includes watchOS 27, visionOS 27 and tvOS 27, marking a system-wide push centered on a rebuilt Siri.

The flagship change is Siri AI, Apple’s large-language-model-based overhaul of the voice and text assistant. Rather than handling only narrow commands, Siri can now interpret natural-language requests, explain what is on screen and search a user’s personal history, including old emails and messages. Where developers add support, it can also act directly inside apps.

Apple’s pitch is not just a smarter chatbot but a more embedded operating-system assistant. The company has added a dedicated Siri app, while other Apple Intelligence tools can create Shortcut automations or Safari extensions from a prompt and offer additional photo-editing options. The underlying system spans smaller on-device AFM 3 models and more powerful cloud-based models, a split that reflects Apple’s attempt to combine local processing with heavier remote AI work.

The catch arrives with compatibility. iOS 27 itself reaches iPhone 11 and later, but Siri AI requires an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPhone 16 or a newer model. On the Mac, Golden Gate requires Apple’s M-series chips.

Alongside the AI launch, Apple has softened its controversial Liquid Glass redesign with a new transparency slider and smaller refinements shaped by user feedback. macOS gains broader HDR system-interface support and improved external-display modes. Apple calls Siri AI the headline across nearly all platforms, but tvOS 27 is the notable exception: it receives media-app and text-size changes, not the new assistant.

For older Mac software, Golden Gate also starts a final countdown: it is the last macOS release to support Rosetta for Intel-era applications, though Apple has preserved an exception for some older games.

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