Apple Intelligence now extends beyond Siri into writing, photos, notifications, calls, translation, and visual search.
Features and availability depend heavily on iPhone model, language, region, and supported services.
iOS 27 is set to bring a much more capable Siri with personal context, onscreen awareness, web knowledge, and app actions.
Apple Intelligence now extends far beyond Siri. Compatible iPhones can fix text, create custom emoji, remove photo clutter, translate calls, and understand screen content. Apple has also announced a larger Apple Intelligence system for iOS 27, with Siri AI at its center. Access still depends on the iPhone model, language, region, and feature limits.
Writing Tools can rewrite, proofread, and summarise text across Mail, Messages, Notes, Pages, and compatible apps. The tools can also adjust tone or shorten text.
Rewrite creates a fresh version of selected text. A formal note can sound friendlier, while a long message can become more direct.
Proofread checks grammar, word choice, and common errors. Suggested fixes can clean up a message, note, or document before delivery.
Summarise turns long text into a shorter version. The tool can help with emails, notes, messages, and other supported content.
Smart Reply creates response suggestions from the context of Mail and Messages. The feature suits short replies that need little extra thought.
Genmoji creates custom emoji from a description. Emoji, expressions, hairstyles, and other details can combine into a more personal result.
Image Playground creates stylised images from themes, costumes, accessories, places, and text descriptions. New Apple Intelligence updates add more image options.
Image Wand turns a rough sketch into a polished image inside Notes. Nearby text and notes can also guide the result.
Clean Up removes unwanted objects from photos. The tool can clear distractions without a separate photo editor.
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Visual Intelligence lets an iPhone examine objects, places, plants, documents, and scenes through the camera. Results can offer facts or useful next steps.
Visual Intelligence can connect screen content with Google search and supported apps. Similar products or related information can appear from an image.
ChatGPT can answer questions about images and screen content through Apple Intelligence. Siri, Writing Tools, Image Playground, and Visual Intelligence can access ChatGPT in supported cases.
Notification Summaries condense groups of alerts into shorter views. A busy lock screen can become easier to scan.
Mail Summaries reduce long emails to key points. Priority Mail can also place messages that may need attention higher in the inbox.
Messages can create short summaries for supported conversations. The feature can reveal the main point without a full chat review.
Priority Notifications can place important alerts above less urgent notices. Apple Intelligence uses context to decide which alerts deserve faster attention.
Priority Mail helps surface messages that may need a response. The feature works with the wider Mail summary system.
Supported calls can receive recordings and transcripts. The Phone app can then create a summary for easier review.
Call Summaries turn supported call transcripts into short notes. Important details can stay easier to find after a conversation.
Notes can create transcripts and summaries from supported audio. A long voice recording can become a useful text reference.
Live Translation can translate incoming Messages and help create replies in another language. Exact language support varies by feature and region.
Phone can translate spoken calls in real time on compatible devices and languages. A transcript can also appear during a speakerphone call.
FaceTime can show live translated captions during supported calls. The feature helps communication across supported languages.
Compatible AirPods can provide hands-free translations when another person speaks a supported language nearby. An Apple Intelligence-enabled iPhone handles the feature.
Apple runs many Apple Intelligence tasks on the iPhone. Larger requests can use Private Cloud Compute, while the third-generation on-device model has 20 billion parameters and activates about 1 billion to 4 billion at a time. The earlier on-device model had about 3 billion parameters.
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iOS 27 adds Siri AI with personal context, web knowledge, onscreen awareness, app actions, and a dedicated Siri AI app. Apple says Siri AI will arrive later in 2026, first in English. Apple also plans stronger image tools, new Safari controls, and expanded Visual Intelligence.
Siri AI will not arrive on iPhone and iPad in the European Union with the iOS 27 launch. Apple has not given an EU release date. Compatibility also remains strict: Apple lists iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 models or later for Apple Intelligence, while Apple lists 16 supported languages with feature access that varies by language and region.
Apple Intelligence is supported on iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPhone 16 models or later, subject to software, language, and regional requirements.
Yes. In supported situations, Siri, Writing Tools, Image Playground, and Visual Intelligence can use ChatGPT for additional answers and capabilities.
No. Many tasks run on-device, while more demanding requests can use Apple’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.
No. Availability varies by device, language, region, and individual feature. Some capabilities may launch later in certain markets.
Apple says a more capable Siri will add personal context, onscreen awareness, web knowledge, app actions, and a dedicated Siri AI experience, with availability beginning later in 2026.