Zero chance this will be a “snow leopard.” Needs to enter public beta now and not have the typical 2.5 months of crunch with no response to feedback until 27.1.
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iOS 27: All the Rumors About Apple's Next Big iPhone Software Update
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Apple saying that improvent of Siri is just around the corner reminds me of the promise that “the check is in the mail”.
It's only been two months since iOS 26 launched, but rumors don't take breaks. We're already hearing details about the next-generation iOS 27 update, which Apple will introduce in June 2026 before launching it in September 2026.
We've rounded up all of the rumors that we've heard so far.
Foldable Features
In 2026, Apple plans to launch the first foldable iPhone, a device that could be called the iPhone Fold. Rumors suggest that it will feature a 5.5-inch display when folded, and a 7.8-inch display when it's opened up like a book.
An iPhone with a larger display that also folds will require some major updates to iOS, and iOS 27 will focus on building new interfaces and experiences made for a larger display.
We haven't heard specifics on how Apple will tweak iOS to accommodate the iPhone Fold, but we could see some iPad-like options such as side bars and perhaps even multitasking views with support for multiple windows.
Bug Fixes
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has described iOS 27 as a "Snow Leopard" update, suggesting that Apple will focus on improving underlying performance and quality rather than introducing major new functionality. Apple engineers are reportedly going through iOS 26 to look for bloat, bugs, and any other issues impacting performance.
Liquid Glass
iOS 27 might include refinements for the Liquid Glass design that Apple introduced with iOS 26. There have already been some changes in the iOS 26.1 and iOS 26.2 updates, but iOS 27 will provide Apple with the opportunity to make larger adjustments.
Apple Intelligence
We're supposed to get the much smarter version of Siri in an iOS 26.4 update planned for spring 2026, but it's likely even more Apple Intelligence capabilities will follow in iOS 27.
We don't know specifics yet, but Apple Intelligence features could expand to additional apps.
Apple is working on a "World Knowledge" Siri search feature that would provide information on general search queries, which will likely be included in Siri's iOS 26.4 update. If it's not in iOS 26.4, the add-on Siri feature could instead come in iOS 27.
Siri
With iOS 27, Apple could update Siri's design. Siri will get its major overhaul in iOS 26.4, but a new visual look is supposedly planned for iOS 27. There are no specifics about what the redesign might entail, but rumors linked to Apple's upcoming tabletop robot suggest that the company might introduce a version of Siri that's more animated, similar to the Mac Finder logo. That more animated version of Siri could also come to the iPhone and iPad.
Health+
Apple is rumored to be developing a paid Health+ service with nutrition planning and medical suggestions, and we could see that introduced as part of iOS 27.
The medical tool would explain different health metrics and trends from the Health app, offering up personalized guidance for health improvement.
New Satellite Features
Apple is working on several new satellite features for the iPhone, and it's possible some features could be introduced as soon as 2027. Timing on Apple's satellite improvements is unclear, though, and behind-the-scenes updates from Apple's satellite partner Globalstar are required.
Rumored features:
Some of these features might require new hardware, but options like Apple Maps via satellite would not require components beyond what's available now.
- Apple Maps via satellite
- Photos in Messages via satellite
- Satellite API framework for third-party apps
- Satellite over 5G
- Satellite connectivity without the need for a view of the sky
Launch Date
New versions of iOS, macOS, and Apple's other software platforms will be previewed in June at WWDC before launching in September just ahead of when new iPhone models come out.
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Plus the design of iOS 26, in general, sucks as has most of Apple’s latest releases (the poster child example being the Photos app).
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There's a virtual zero chance that Apple will call it Fold. Why would Apple follow Samsung's naming convention?
Following Apple's naming conventions, the word "book" could be in the name, but looking at it from a business perspective, it'll live exclusively in the most premium iPhone tier in which case folding is inherent to its tier, not a variant: iPhone Ultra.
Liquid Glass seems to have had a mixed response. Perhaps they can consider some alternatives:
Liquid Wood
Light mode is Beech and Pine, dark mode is Oak and Mahogany. Grain textures everywhere. When you delete a file or app, it turns into sawdust before your eyes!
Liquid Plastic
For a range of budget devices in an assortment of bright colours. All the metaphoric plastic would be recycled, of course.
Liquid Lunch
A vErrY shhpesshul ohh eSsh (hic) that feelsss shhlightly drunk. Not drunk! Jussshht… jolly…isshhh… i lovvv thisssh one…
Liquid Wood
Light mode is Beech and Pine, dark mode is Oak and Mahogany. Grain textures everywhere. When you delete a file or app, it turns into sawdust before your eyes!
Liquid Plastic
For a range of budget devices in an assortment of bright colours. All the metaphoric plastic would be recycled, of course.
Liquid Lunch
A vErrY shhpesshul ohh eSsh (hic) that feelsss shhlightly drunk. Not drunk! Jussshht… jolly…isshhh… i lovvv thisssh one…
Tim cook going out fixing all bugs to save his own legacy before the next CEO messes up everything again.
I can say with a high degree of likelihood siri won't come in 2026 or 2027, theyll just call it something else with siri attached to it and use google or open Ai or some other company's underlying foundation
Is it just me or does no one else want multi user account support? The iPhone ultra would be the perfect device to introduce this. Your main account plus a business account and or a kids mode. Guest mode so others can try it. Especially since Apple Vision Pro supports guest mode.
I would not assume so because its a phone and vision OS is completely different medium
I never complained that in general a new IOS is "worse" than the previous, sure, some features have been sorely removed to be reinstated years later, but IOS 26 UI is so buggy, soooo many display glitches, the keyboard feels primitive, the buttery-smooth feeling of IOS of yore is gone in IOS 26, and I am running a 17Pro max, there is no excuse for "your hardware is so old, update...".
I hoped .1 update would fix most graphics issues, but no.
Even the "settings" app search feature is hit and miss.
The search bar in all Apple apps is terrible idea, my eyes look to the natura top possition, then must look down, then the keyboard pops, and then again the bar is moved from possition.
When I grab my for-work old Android the interface is actually not bad.
IOS 26 was a change for the sake of changing.
Transparency is a visual mess an the "reduce transparency" switch is 90% useless.
We should be allowed to roll-back by now.
Steve would never have had allowed this mess of UI.
I hoped .1 update would fix most graphics issues, but no.
Even the "settings" app search feature is hit and miss.
The search bar in all Apple apps is terrible idea, my eyes look to the natura top possition, then must look down, then the keyboard pops, and then again the bar is moved from possition.
When I grab my for-work old Android the interface is actually not bad.
IOS 26 was a change for the sake of changing.
Transparency is a visual mess an the "reduce transparency" switch is 90% useless.
We should be allowed to roll-back by now.
Steve would never have had allowed this mess of UI.
Even a regular Pro iphone should support that!
Pro would mean "use your phone for work and for personal with 2 user profiles". Androids do it and it is amaaaaazing.
You can keep some banking apps in a profile and other bank apps in other profile and the switch is sooo smooth, the only change, if you wish, is for example, a subtle different wallpaper. A friend showed it to me and I knew IOS is doomed.
Exactly! I just found out android phones can do this. And they’ve been able to do this for years now. And yes I agree the regular Pro should also have it. I’m just saying if Apple is ever gonna introduce such a feature , the Ultra is definitely the time do so. Knowing Apple they would mostly likely keep it as an Ultra exclusive feature.
Hoping for a couple of small changes
iMessage "Reminders" = Remind me about an action needed from a message received
iMessage "time zones" To look at recipients time zone and assist in a "send later" message
Maybe these come with Apple Intelligence at some point?
Email could use some lipstick... better on device rules, A real "snooze" function that moved mail to a folder and out of the inbox
iMessage "Reminders" = Remind me about an action needed from a message received
iMessage "time zones" To look at recipients time zone and assist in a "send later" message
Maybe these come with Apple Intelligence at some point?
Email could use some lipstick... better on device rules, A real "snooze" function that moved mail to a folder and out of the inbox
I probably won’t be buying the folding iPhone, but I would love it if they brought back iBook branding
I think, email applying a consistent meaning to swipe and delete vs archive. If you have icloud then swipe is delete and delete is also one of the 4 large buttons. However iMap changes this so swipe is archive and you need to scroll all the way to the very bottom of the (...) list to get delete.
Standby/Nighstand mode sticking to the screens that one chooses and not needing to wake up in the morning seeing 2 identical weather panes next to each other and the clock gone.
Consistant and unmovable search bar position. Not something that might be at the top, or at the bottom, or moving with the keyboard, or worse in the case of an iPad with zoom on, actually fully obscured by the keyboard.
I would love Safari CSS based bottom of screen with an X button advertising not to colour the arrows to white when I am running in Dark mode, and I would love that it would also stop jumping around as ads load slow.
The word prediction fixed or removed as I am getting tired of undoing it's unasked changes.
The abillity to turn off Liquid Glass visual clutter fully, including the jaggy and motionless white highlight to elements.
No AI meaning *No AI* and not, we sorted your photos by face for you, or above said word prediction. And definately "Do not flash my screen at me at bedtime to draw my attention to it"
Standby/Nighstand mode sticking to the screens that one chooses and not needing to wake up in the morning seeing 2 identical weather panes next to each other and the clock gone.
Consistant and unmovable search bar position. Not something that might be at the top, or at the bottom, or moving with the keyboard, or worse in the case of an iPad with zoom on, actually fully obscured by the keyboard.
I would love Safari CSS based bottom of screen with an X button advertising not to colour the arrows to white when I am running in Dark mode, and I would love that it would also stop jumping around as ads load slow.
The word prediction fixed or removed as I am getting tired of undoing it's unasked changes.
The abillity to turn off Liquid Glass visual clutter fully, including the jaggy and motionless white highlight to elements.
No AI meaning *No AI* and not, we sorted your photos by face for you, or above said word prediction. And definately "Do not flash my screen at me at bedtime to draw my attention to it"
Yes, please! 🙏 Using iOS 26.1 is like using Windows now. You never know when (NOT IF) the Safari browser will crash or URL field stop responding, what’s using 50% of the battery in like 2 hours, when and where (not if) you’ll see illegible text, how often you’ll have to force the AirPods handover back and forth between Mac/iPhone/iPad. How did all of this go through QA in iOS/iPadOS/MacOS 26 development?
That's what I was thinking.... only because iPhoneBook would be a bit too on the nose.
One year of defective UOS 26.
Apple Intelligence ready for 2027!, here we come! With features of 2023!
Apple Intelligence ready for 2027!, here we come! With features of 2023!
