iOS 28 Will Reportedly Be 'Far More Significant' Than iOS 27

[MacRumors]

While we are still a week away from Apple unveiling iOS 27, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has just shared the first rumor regarding iOS 28.

In his Power On newsletter today, he said that iOS 28 will be "far more significant" than iOS 27, but he did not provide any specific details.

"Next year's '28' releases are already shaping up to be far more significant than the '27' updates," wrote Gurman, without elaborating.

iOS 28 is codenamed "Bell," while macOS 28 is "Poppy," he said.

iOS 28 would be the first version available on Apple's redesigned 20th-anniversary iPhone, which is expected to be released in September next year.

iOS 27 will seemingly be focused on a revamped Siri and additional Apple Intelligence features. The update will include the long-awaited personalized version of Siri, complete with on-screen awareness and better understanding of your personal context. For example, at WWDC 2024, Apple showed a user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation based on info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps.

A dedicated Siri app will allow you to have back-and-forth conversations with Siri in text or voice modes, similar to other chatbot apps like ChatGPT. In addition, iOS 27 is expected to add a "Search or Ask" feature to the Dynamic Island.

It remains to be seen exactly how iOS 28 will be more significant. The update will be unveiled at WWDC 2027 next June, so there is a long time to go.

Article Link: iOS 28 Will Reportedly Be 'Far More Significant' Than iOS 27

 

[attohs]

We need to keep track of this guys hits and misses. Like with the Apple TV, he just keeps kicking that can down the road until he's eventually right.

 

[adrianlondon]

"wrote Gurman, without elaborating"

Well, that's useful.

 

[Channan]

I love how "Apple's rumored 20th-anniversary iPhone" was thrown in there as if it's just a rumor that the second most valuable company in the world is going to make at least 2 more generations of the device that made them the second most valuable company in the world.

 

[KENESS]

Just because someone makes noise doesn't mean you have to give them a microphone...

 

[spamabyss]

If iOS 27 actually is a Snow Leopard update it will be far more significant than iOS 28.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

So Apple is already trying to soften the blow from the lack of fixes in iOS 27? That isn't reassuring.

 

[sw1tcher]

I predict iOS 29 will be far more significant than iOS 28.

You read it here first.

 

[mikethebigo]

Really depends on what he means by “significant” - 28 may have more features but 27’s rumored focus on optimizations and bug fixes is far more significant to me.

 

[Yebubbleman]

Please no! I'm beyond tired of Apple breaking stuff just because Apple has run out of ideas but still feels the need to produce something in time for New OS O'Clock (which, itself, is needlessly arbitrary).

 

[Contact_Feanor]

So Apple is already trying to soften the blow from the lack of fixes in iOS 27? That isn't reassuring.

I think the reasoning is the opposite, that 28 will be “significant” because of all the new features, when 27 will seemingly only have very few, focusing on stability and bug fixes. However, given our continued love for snow leopard, most real fans will prefer 27 for it, but general consumers will prefer 28.

 

[Contact_Feanor]

iOS 28 would be the first version available on Apple's rumored 20th-anniversary iPhone, which is expected to be released in September next year.

And 27 the first available on apples rumoured foldable, which seems like something that needs way more significant changes to iOS than “same phone but no bezels and maybe smaller Dynamic Island”

 

[thelion7]

While we are still a week away from Apple unveiling iOS 27, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has just shared the first rumor regarding iOS 28.

In his Power On newsletter today, he said that iOS 28 will be "far more significant" than iOS 27, but he did not provide any specific details.

"Next year's '28' releases are already shaping up to be far more significant than the '27' updates," wrote Gurman, without elaborating.

iOS 28 is codenamed "Bell," while macOS 28 is "Poppy," he said.

iOS 28 would be the first version available on Apple's rumored 20th-anniversary iPhone, which is expected to be released in September next year.

iOS 27 will seemingly be focused on Siri and Apple Intelligence.

The update will include the long-awaited personalized version of Siri, complete with on-screen awareness and better understanding of your personal context. For example, at WWDC 2024, Apple showed a user asking Siri about their mother's flight and lunch reservation based on info retrieved from the Mail and Messages apps.

A dedicated Siri app will allow you to have back-and-forth conversations with Siri in text or voice modes, similar to other chatbot apps like ChatGPT. In addition, iOS 27 is expected to add a "Search or Ask" feature to the Dynamic Island.

It remains to be seen exactly how iOS 28 will be more significant. The update will be unveiled at WWDC 2027 next June, so there is a long time to go.

Article Link: iOS 28 Will Reportedly Be 'Far More Significant' Than iOS 27

Well duh, Apple have probs done 3x stability updates over the last 20 years.

Snow Leopard
iOS 12
Hopefully iOS 27

Yes 28 will have a lot more in and of we’re lucky they will do another optimisation in iOS 40 😂

 

[nt5672]

Really depends on what he means by “significant” - 28 may have more features but 27’s rumored focus on optimizations and bug fixes is far more significant to me.

I agree, I have not seen any features in the last few years that were even worthy of a Keynote.

 

[Aquaporin]

As long as the keyboard is more accurate, I'll consider the update a win.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Bye bye Tim the cooked, iOS 28 better be good 🔫

 

[jz0309]

he said that iOS 28 will be "far more significant" than iOS 27, but he did not provide any specific details.

"Next year's '28' releases are already shaping up to be far more significant than the '27' updates," wrote Gurman, without elaborating.

Really?
I appreciate MR to relay the info from his posts/"newsletter" but give me a break, making statements without any further details, repeatedly, is getting old.
Just like with the earlier stories from today, I think he did not get any tidbits fed by Apple this past week and this is just BS to keep the clock going.

 

[nickf]

I predict iOS 29 will be far more significant than iOS 28.

EXCLUSIVE: I can confirm that iOS 30 will crank the version number by 1 compared to iOS 29.

 

[UliBaer]

First and most importantly they should fix 26...

 

[Macalway]

There will be advancement in technology.

 

[ThomasJL]

Really depends on what he means by “significant” - 28 may have more features but 27’s rumored focus on optimizations and bug fixes is far more significant to me.

Exactly. In terms of operating systems, the Tim Cook era has been one massive bugfest and bloatfest. I don't consider "significant" to be Cook's practice of jam-packing every new operating system chock full of new features in order to maximize profits for shareholders. I consider "significant" to be a Steve Jobs-era Snow Leopard-style operating system focusing on bug fixes, bloat elimination, and streamlining the code in order to optimize it.

 

[miq]

Reminder: There are people out there who actually pay money to read this guy’s content.

 

[imgregorous]

It’s starting to feel like the Ferrari F1 Team, there's always next year when they might finally win a championship...(they probably never will again for a decade or two)

 

[summiter]

It’s always the next next version with this company. Smh

 

[Minato1990]

For the love of god please make it STOP