Your iPhone probably gets iOS 27. Whether it gets the new Siri is a completely different question

Apple's iOS 27 public beta opened on July 14, 2026, the fourth developer beta landed on July 20, and the full release is expected in September. The software was announced at WWDC on June 8.

Here is the thing the compatibility lists mostly get wrong by being too simple: iOS 27 has three tiers, not one. Whether your iPhone gets the update, whether it gets Apple Intelligence, and whether it gets the newest on-device AI features are three separate questions with three different answers — and for the majority of iPhones in people's pockets right now, the answers are yes, no, and no.

The three tests

1. Does it get iOS 27 at all? iPhone 11 and later, plus iPhone SE 2nd generation and later. The supported list carries over from iOS 26 unchanged — nothing was dropped this year, which is unusually generous and means an iPhone 11 from 2019 is still getting a current OS.

2. Does it get Apple Intelligence? A much stricter cut: iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, and every iPhone 16 or later. This is a silicon requirement, not a policy one, and it produces the single most confusing line in Apple's lineup — the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus do not qualify, but the 15 Pro does. Same year, same name, different answer.

3. Does it get the newest on-device AI features? A third tier again: the most advanced on-device features are reported to require an iPhone 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max or iPhone Air.

Stack those up and you get the situation most people are actually in. If you own an iPhone 13, you will download iOS 27 in September, you will see the interface changes, and you will not get the Siri that the entire release is being marketed on. That is not a bug or a rollout delay. That is the design.

Find your exact model below — including the models that do not make the cut at all.

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iOS 27 compatibility: which iPhones get the update, which get Apple Intelligence, and which get neither

Every iPhone model checked against the three tiers of iOS 27: whether it gets the update at all, whether it gets Apple Intelligence, and whether it gets the newest on-device AI features.

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iPhone model	Gets iOS 27	Apple Intelligence	Newest on-device AI	What that means for you
iPhone 17 Pro Max	Yes	Yes	Yes	Everything, including the most advanced on-device features.
iPhone 17 Pro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Everything, including the most advanced on-device features.
iPhone Air	Yes	Yes	Yes	Everything, including the most advanced on-device features.
iPhone 17	Yes	Yes	No	Full Apple Intelligence, minus the features reserved for the 17 Pro and Air.
iPhone 17e	Yes	Yes	No	Full Apple Intelligence, minus the features reserved for the 17 Pro and Air.
iPhone 16 Pro Max	Yes	Yes	No	Apple Intelligence including the new Siri; not the newest on-device tier.
iPhone 16 Pro	Yes	Yes	No	Apple Intelligence including the new Siri; not the newest on-device tier.
iPhone 16 Plus	Yes	Yes	No	Apple Intelligence including the new Siri; not the newest on-device tier.
iPhone 16	Yes	Yes	No	Apple Intelligence including the new Siri; not the newest on-device tier.
iPhone 16e	Yes	Yes	No	Apple Intelligence including the new Siri; not the newest on-device tier.
iPhone 15 Pro Max	Yes	Yes	No	The oldest model that gets Apple Intelligence at all.
iPhone 15 Pro	Yes	Yes	No	The oldest model that gets Apple Intelligence at all.
iPhone 15 Plus	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27, but no Apple Intelligence — the non-Pro 15 misses the silicon cut by one tier.
iPhone 15	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27, but no Apple Intelligence — the non-Pro 15 misses the silicon cut by one tier.
iPhone 14 Pro Max	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 14 Pro	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 14 Plus	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 14	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 13 Pro Max	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 13 Pro	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 13	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 13 mini	Yes	No	No	Gets iOS 27 and its interface changes. No Apple Intelligence, no new Siri.
iPhone 12 Pro Max	Yes	No	No	Supported, but this is a six-year-old phone — expect the update to run, not to feel new.
iPhone 12 Pro	Yes	No	No	Supported, but this is a six-year-old phone — expect the update to run, not to feel new.
iPhone 12	Yes	No	No	Supported, but this is a six-year-old phone — expect the update to run, not to feel new.
iPhone 12 mini	Yes	No	No	Supported, but this is a six-year-old phone — expect the update to run, not to feel new.
iPhone 11 Pro Max	Yes	No	No	The oldest supported generation. Check your battery health before updating.
iPhone 11 Pro	Yes	No	No	The oldest supported generation. Check your battery health before updating.
iPhone 11	Yes	No	No	The oldest supported generation. Check your battery health before updating.
iPhone SE (3rd generation)	Yes	No	No	Supported. No Apple Intelligence.
iPhone SE (2nd generation)	Yes	No	No	Supported. No Apple Intelligence.
iPhone XS Max	No	No	No	Not supported. Stays on iOS 18 and will still receive security updates for a period.
iPhone XS	No	No	No	Not supported. Stays on iOS 18 and will still receive security updates for a period.
iPhone XR	No	No	No	Not supported. Stays on iOS 18 and will still receive security updates for a period.
iPhone X	No	No	No	Not supported, and further behind than the XR — this one is genuinely old now.
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus	No	No	No	Not supported. Well past the update window.
iPhone SE (1st generation)	No	No	No	Not supported. Well past the update window.

How this is calculated

One row per iPhone model, graded on three separate tests. 'Gets iOS 27' reflects the supported-device list for the release, which carries over the iOS 26 list unchanged — iPhone 11 and later, plus iPhone SE 2nd generation and later. 'Apple Intelligence' reflects the separate silicon requirement: iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, and all iPhone 16 and later models. 'Newest on-device AI' reflects the further requirement reported for the most advanced on-device features: iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air. Models that do not receive iOS 27 are included and marked No, because their owners search for this too. Compatibility is compiled from the device lists published by 9to5Mac, iClarified, OS X Daily and EveryMac during the beta period, which agree with each other.

Data as of July 24, 2026 · verified July 24, 2026 · v1

Assumptions, limitations & sources

Assumptions

• · Compatibility reflects the iOS 27 beta as of late July 2026; Apple confirms final device support at release.
• · 'Apple Intelligence' means the feature set is available on the device at all, not that every individual feature is.

Limitations

• · This is beta-period compatibility. Apple has been known to adjust feature availability between beta and final release, and the September build is the authority.
• · Feature-level availability varies inside each tier. A device marked as getting Apple Intelligence will not necessarily get every single Apple Intelligence feature, and some features are staged across point releases.
• · Regional and language availability is not modelled here. Some Apple Intelligence features arrive later in some countries and languages.
• · Storage, battery health and age affect how well an update runs. Eligible does not mean pleasant — an iPhone 11 running iOS 27 is supported, not fast.

Sources

• iOS 27: here are all the compatible iPhone models — 9to5Mac, checked July 24, 2026
• iOS 27 supported devices: full list of compatible iPhones — iClarified, checked July 24, 2026
• iOS 27 supported devices and compatible iPhone models — OS X Daily, checked July 24, 2026
• iOS 27 supported devices list: iPhone models — EveryMac, checked July 24, 2026
• How to install the iOS 27 public beta on iPhone — MacRumors, checked July 24, 2026

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What is actually in it

The centrepiece is Siri, rebuilt on Apple Intelligence. Beta 4, released July 20 with build 24A5390f, was largely a Siri release: two new voices with controls for pace and expressivity, a set of new English-language accents, a redesigned voice-selection screen where you can preview each option before choosing, and a first-launch splash screen explaining that Siri can now handle natural conversation and complete more tasks.

Around that: refinements to the Liquid Glass interface elements, AirPods controls, system indexing, accessibility fixes, landscape orientation in more built-in apps — Fitness, Health, Reminders, Home, Shortcuts, Find My, Weather, Voice Memos and others — plus Photos editing tools, improved parental controls, updated writing tools, and an Apple TV setting that auto-downloads the next two episodes of whatever you are watching.

Coverage of beta 4 described it as a quality-of-life release rather than a feature dump, which is what you expect this deep into a beta cycle.

Should you install the beta?

Probably not on the phone you depend on.

The public beta is genuinely public and genuinely free — you enrol at beta.apple.com, then go to Settings → General → Software Update → Beta Updates and pick iOS 27 Public Beta. If the option is not there, restart and look again.

But beta software is beta software. Back up first, and understand what that backup is worth: rolling back from a beta to the last stable release is a restore, not an undo, and a backup made on the beta may not restore onto the older OS. The people who have a bad time with public betas are almost always the ones who installed it on their only phone and skipped that step.

If you can wait seven weeks, September gets you the same thing without the bugs.

The questions readers are asking

Will my iPhone get iOS 27? If it is an iPhone 11 or newer, or an SE 2nd generation or newer, yes. Search your model in the explorer above for the exact answer.

Does the iPhone XR get iOS 27? No. The XR, XS, XS Max, X and older are not supported. They stay on their current version and continue receiving security updates for a period.

Why does my iPhone 15 not get Apple Intelligence when the 15 Pro does? Because the requirement is the chip, not the model year. The Pro models of that generation shipped with different silicon, and Apple Intelligence needs it. It is confusing and it is not a mistake.

When exactly does iOS 27 come out? September. Apple typically releases in the second week, but no date has been announced — anything you see with a specific day attached is a prediction, not a schedule.

Is iOS 27 out now? The beta is. The final release is not.

Will it slow down my old iPhone? Supported is not the same as fast. On an iPhone 11 or 12, expect it to work rather than to feel new, and check your battery health first — an ageing battery has more to do with how an update feels than the update does.

Can I go back if I hate the beta? Yes, but it is a restore, and you need a backup made before you installed it. Downgrading is not a setting.

Do I need to pay for Apple Intelligence? No. The features are part of the OS; the barrier is hardware, not a subscription.

What about iPad and Mac? Apple ships the matching releases alongside iOS 27. This piece covers iPhone; compatibility differs by device line.

What to watch

Two things between now and September. Whether the third tier holds — the 17 Pro-only feature split is the part most likely to shift between beta and release, and it is the part with the most commercial weight behind it. And whether the Siri work lands, because a rebuilt Siri has been announced before and the gap between demo and shipped is where Apple's AI story has repeatedly gone wrong.

We will re-verify this list against Apple's own when the release build ships.