--- title: Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade | daily.dev description: Apple's rebuilt Siri, branded Siri AI, is set to launch on iPhones next month after two years of delays, running on new Apple Foundation Models built in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade | daily.dev og:description: Apple's rebuilt Siri, branded Siri AI, is set to launch on iPhones next month after two years of delays, running on new Apple Foundation Models built in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yB1Ad8UpW.png og:image:alt: Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 6 min read · 15 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Apple's rebuilt Siri, branded Siri AI, is set to launch on iPhones next month after two years of delays, running on new Apple Foundation Models built in collaboration with Google's Gemini. It adds personal context understanding (searching messages, email, photos, notes on-device), on-screen awareness, and action-taking via the App Intents framework, plus a Foundation Models framework letting developers call Apple's or third-party models like Claude and Gemini. Siri AI requires iPhone 15 Pro or later, with the most advanced on-device model needing 12GB of unified memory (iPhone Air/17 Pro models). South Africa is included in the initial English-language rollout alongside the US, UK, Canada, Australia and others, though EU availability may be delayed due to Digital Markets Act concerns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which iPhone models support the new Siri AI assistant in iOS 27? Siri AI works on iPhone 16 models or later, plus the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, even though iOS 27 itself runs on iPhone 11 and later. The most advanced on-device model, which powers the expressive voices and improved dictation, requires 12GB of unified memory, meaning it currently only runs on the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. _Track which iPhone hardware actually supports new Apple AI features as they roll out on daily.dev._ ### Is South Africa getting Apple's new Siri AI at launch? Yes, South Africa is included on the initial English-language list for Siri AI, alongside Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and the UK. South African users also avoid the Digital Markets Act complications that may delay or block Siri AI on iPhones and iPads in the European Union at launch. _Developers tracking regional AI feature rollouts can follow Apple's Siri AI availability on daily.dev._ ### Did Apple build its new Siri AI models entirely in-house or with outside help? Apple's next-generation Apple Foundation Models, which power Siri AI, were custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models, according to Apple's own developer announcement. Apple kept control of the device, app interfaces, personal index and privacy layer while buying in model capability, and its Foundation Models framework also lets developers call Claude and Gemini through a new language model protocol. _Follow how Apple, Google and Anthropic's models increasingly interconnect on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@doncho** · 6 upvotes > ...and of course we, the EU citizens, yet again feel "protected" and "safe from any innovation", thanks to the Socialism and isolationism that overwhelmed the non-elected "ursulas" and similar clueless, crappy, corrupt politicians! **@carsonstricker** · 1 upvotes > While this is a good thing across the board for iPhone users, I cannot help but feel bitter that this is what we were promised years ago starting with the iPhone 16 and we're only just now getting it. To top it off it's not even Apple's work- It's Gemini with a different name. > > I have concerns with this as well, seeing as Apple (generally speaking) is a much better company to hand your data over to than Google. Are we giving it to both companies when we use Siri now? **@jliter85** · 0 upvotes > There are definitely some interesting upgrades coming, especially around AI. I’m more interested in seeing which features actually become part of everyday use instead of something you try once and forget about. That’s usually where you find out whether an upgrade was really as big as it sounded. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [After years of delays, Apple finally reveals Siri AI, its next-generation AI assistant](https://daily.dev/posts/after-years-of-delays-apple-finally-reveals-siri-ai-its-next-generation-ai-assistant-ertp8mcsn) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Apple's long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-s-long-awaited-ai-siri-overhaul-is-finally-here-ktlz6bhgx) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#local-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/local-ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T08:50:57.680Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:33:21.054Z","description":"Apple's rebuilt Siri, branded Siri AI, is set to launch on iPhones next month after two years of delays, running on new Apple Foundation Models built in...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/99650ddbaca6d932daf3c816c393e0b9?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/99650ddbaca6d932daf3c816c393e0b9?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCentral","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCentral","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--RsqLDZrL--/f_auto/v1717745297/logos/techcentral","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral"},"commentCount":4,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":15},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}],"keywords":"apple,ios,local-ai","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCentral","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Your iPhone is about to get a massive upgrade"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-iphone-is-about-to-get-a-massive-upgrade-yb1ad8upw","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"…and of course we, the EU citizens, yet again feel “protected” and “safe from any innovation”, thanks to the Socialism and isolationism that overwhelmed the non-elected “ursulas” and similar clueless, crappy, corrupt politicians!","datePublished":"2026-08-19T04:46:48.926Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/yB1Ad8UpW#c-YAaHyO08C","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Doncho Angelov","url":"https://daily.dev/doncho","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--j1MSm0hy--/f_auto/v1716369534/avatars/avatar_EB0j0Umzh5v3zGWUSL5ma"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"While this is a good thing across the board for iPhone users, I cannot help but feel bitter that this is what we were promised years ago starting with the iPhone 16 and we’re only just now getting it. 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