You may need to snag the newest Mac hardware to run all the features present within Apple’s upcoming macOS Monterey operating system.
A number of features are reported to require an M1 processor. These features include Portrait Mode, Live Text in photos, and improvements to Maps such as a 3D globe of the Earth and additional map details in major cities. Other features that will require Apple Silicon hardware are the expansion of text-to-speech to additional languages, as well as on-device and unlimited keyboard dictation.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer, MacRumors, and Macworld