Siri AI and Apple Intelligence: Do you need to buy a new iPhone, iPad, or Mac?

Macworld Apple’s WWDC26 keynote was focused on new AI-based features, including Siri AI and Apple Intelligence. The demonstrations during the keynote portray the new AI features as powerful ways for users to be more productive, efficient, and creative. But in order to unleash all that power, you have to have a device that’s compatible. Because there is varying level of AI implementation here, the compatibility list seems as complicated as the tech created to run these features. The compatibility list for each device breaks down to the following levels: xOS 27 compatibility without Apple Intelligence and Siri AI xOS 27 compatibility including Apple Intelligence and Siri AI Devices that can run xOS 27 and Apple Intelligence/Siri AI with on-device AI models The main difference with the on-device AI models is, according to Apple, “helpful features like expressive voices and higher-accuracy dictation.” Here’s a lowdown on the level of AI features Apple