Why Your Older iPhone Won’t Get the Latest Features

Apple’s Technical Leap: How Hardware Demands Shape Software Updates

Muhammad Ahtisham
2 min readJun 18, 2024

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Apple recently made waves by announcing new AI-powered features for iPhones, but there’s a catch: these features will only be available on future iPhones and the latest premium models.

This decision has left many iPhone users feeling left out. Apple’s AI chief, John Giannandrea, explained that the limitation is due to technical reasons.

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Why Older iPhones Are Left Behind

In an interview on The Talk Show podcast, Giannandrea said that the new AI software requires more powerful hardware than what older iPhones have. While the AI models could run on older devices, they would be too slow to be useful. This explanation aims to address user concerns about why their phones won’t support the new features.

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