Overview
- Apple publicly released iOS 27 on Sept. 14, 2026, rolling the update to iPhone 11 and newer while making the new Siri AI available only through a controlled beta.
- Siri AI is a rebuilt, LLM‑based assistant that uses Apple Foundation Models (AFM 3) in a hybrid on‑device and cloud design to read personal context and take multi‑step actions across apps.
- Initial Siri AI access is gated: users must join an in‑Settings waitlist, daily usage caps apply, full features require iPhone 15 Pro or newer, and the EU is excluded at launch for regulatory reasons.
- iOS 27 also ships broader Apple Intelligence tools — AI photo editing (Spatial Reframing, Extend, upgraded Clean Up), Image Playground, Shortcut generation, and a dedicated Siri app — plus performance and Liquid Glass UI refinements.
- Apple says the staged rollout reflects hardware limits and privacy design choices behind AFM 3 and points to near‑term changes: more languages are in the iOS 27.2 beta for an October release and expanded access tied to select iCloud+ plans.