iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max Are The Bare Minimum To Access On-Device And Cloud-Based AI Features In iOS 18

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Apple is expected to unveil various on-device and cloud-based AI features later this year when it unveils iOS 18. We will likely get a preview of these additions at the company’s upcoming WWDC 2024 keynote, which will kick off on June 10. Unfortunately, if you have anything older than an iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, then you might not get to experience those features.

iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus may not support iOS 18’s on-device and cloud-based AI features, as both feature the A16 Bionic

While we should get a sneak peek of what to expect from iOS 18 next month to witness those features in action, Mark Gurman mentions in a post on X that you will require an iPhone 15 Pro or an iPhone 15 Pro Max. The A17 Pro being more capable than the A16 Bionic is likely one of the reasons why compatibility of these features is exclusive to Apple’s latest ‘Pro’ models, but it could also be due to the fact that the new SoC features a better Neural Engine.

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This difference alone might be one primary reason why Apple is reported to introduce an improved Neural Engine to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, and it should allow both models to run more on-device AI features and fewer cloud-based ones. A chipset with more powerful CPU cores is always an advantage, but a Neural Processing Unit, or NPU, is necessary when accessing those features. For those who do not know, we have reported that Siri in iOS 18 may stop being your standard voice-enabled assistant and could give users additional control when taking on multiple commands.

Furthermore, we expect the software update to arrive with generative AI baked into it, making it another reason why the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are the bare minimum hardware required. It is disappointing that Apple has left out the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, which feature the A16 Bionic, and that also means