Here are the devices that will support Apple Intelligence — no older iPhones allowed

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At WWDC 2024, Apple finally unveiled how it will incorporate AI into its products and services. Dubbed Apple Intelligence, it will work across platforms and devices to enable everything from smarter event planning to editing photos to a smarter Siri to searching through all of your files.

However, Apple Intelligence requires a certain amount of on-device processing capabilities, so it won't work on all Apple devices in use. Here's a list of the devices that are compatible with Apple Intelligence, when it's released later this year.

iPhones

iPhone 15 Pro Max (A17 Pro)
iPhone 15 Pro (A17 Pro)

iPads

iPad Pro (M1 and later)
iPad Air (M1 and later)

MacBooks

MacBook Air (M1 and later)
MacBook Pro (M1 and later)

Mac desktops

iMac (M1 and later)
Mac mini (M1 and later)
Mac Studio (M1 and later)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra)

iPhone owners have the fewest options, as Apple Intelligence will only work with the latest iPhones (and presumably the iPhone 16 when it arrives this fall). Apple's stated that iPhones need sufficient RAM and NPU power to make Apple Intelligence work, hence why all other iPhones are excluded.

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