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APPLE iOS 27 EXTENDS IPHONE 11 SUPPORT, ADDS AI FEATURES

Apple announced iOS 27 will support the iPhone 11 from 2019, outlasting Android flagships from the same era. The update introduces AI-powered Shortcuts, enhanced Siri, and Visual Intelligence capabilities, though some features face regional restrictions.

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Apple announces Visual Intelligence updates, including a new Siri mode in the Camera app for analyzing real-world objects and support for visionOS (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple announces Visual Intelligence updates, including a new Siri mode in the Camera app f…

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Apple says Siri AI will be delayed in the EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI will also not be available in China at launch (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple says Siri AI will be delayed in the EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 due to the DMA; Siri AI…

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Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad with M4 and later, or Mac with M3 and later, all with 12GB+ of RAM (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Apple says its most powerful on-device AI model requires an iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone Air, iPad…

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Apple announces that the iOS 27 Shortcuts app will feature AI-powered workflow creation, allowing users to build automations via natural language prompts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple announces that the iOS 27 Shortcuts app will feature AI-powered workflow creation, allow…

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Apple says iOS 27 will support iPhone 11, in contrast with 2019 Android flagships like Pixel 4 and Galaxy S10, which got only three years of platform updates (Aamir Siddiqui/Android Authority)

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority: Apple says iOS 27 will support iPhone 11, in contrast with 2019 Android flagships li…

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iOS 27 can run on phones as old as the iPhone 11

Apple's focus on efficiency and performance improvements is good news for older iPhones.

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