When Apple announced iOS 18 during the WWDC event on June 10 it also finally took the wraps off of Apple Intelligence following months of rumors. The new AI focus is one that will bring some impressive new features to the iPhone as well as the rest of Apple's platforms, not to mention some much-needed Siri upgrades. But all of those new features require plenty of processing power. So much so, in fact, that not all iPhones will get Apple Intelligence when it launches in beta form this fall.
Apple says that the new AI capabilities that it's been working on require at least an A17 Pro chip which means you're going to need an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max to use them — unless you buy one of the new iPhone 16 models, presumably. On the iPad and Mac side of things, any device with an M1 or newer is good to go, too.
