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

[mblm85]

Jam tomorrow

 

[platinumaqua]

Apple didn't do anything for the 30th and 40th anniversary of the Mac. It doesn't seem like they're caring as much about anniversaries now.

 

[iDento]

Allow me to elaborate instead, ladies and gentlemen.

It’s going to be the third “leap” in mobile computing. The first was the original iPhone, the second was iPhone X, and now iPhone XX (20), and it needs software that works accordingly.

However, software isn’t doing as well as hardware at Apple. I hope we’ll not miss Craig forever (or not until he designs the next Ferrari).

 

[red elma]

C’mon now… Let’s first see what Santa will deliver this year...

 

[HouseLannister]

when 27 will seemingly only have very few, focusing on stability and bug fixes.

Got news for you: there are a ton of new features. They might not be ones you care about. We are getting all the Apple Intelligence changes and all the multitasking changes for foldables. It’s going to have a ton of new bugs and be another repeat of the same crunch culture we get every year. Nothing is going to change on the bug fix front. They might do some code slimming to optimize things for devices with less RAM, but that will probably create new bugs too.

 

[macshmack]

if you have a hangover on Monday, it will improve significantly by Tuesday, which I can reveal is the day after Monday.

 

[DocMultimedia]

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

You read it here first.

I'll bet 30 is vastly more significant than 29. 🤣

 

[antiprotest]

It will be the most significant version yet.

 

[I7guy]

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.

Well Ternus is going to have a world of change so it will be at least a few more years, maybe 5 or so until the “massive bloatfest and bugfest” is over with.

Thankfully it’s a minority event loudly proclaimed as a majority event.

 

[Black_Mage]

It depends on how you define significant. If by significant you mean a meaningful and worthwhile update, then iOS 27 (assuming it focuses on fixes instead of features) will be very significant, especially to those people who are sick of the bugs in 26.

Honestly, I have only noticed 2 bugs in iOS 26. 1) I often have to press the check mark button more than once to make the keyboard go away. 2) Sometimes the UI doesn't feel as snappy as it should. My 15 Pro is not exactly ancient technology.

I haven't noticed anything in MacOS 26, but I also have it installed on new Macs. I never tried it on my M1 Pro MacBook Pro.

 

[Black_Mage]

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

You read it here first.

Wait until you hear about version 30. It's going to destroy Android, save the planet, kill A.I. data centers, and usher in world peace.

 

[now i see it]

“Significant” describes nothing.
Significantly worse?
Usually, when it comes to iPhone software, “far more significant “ is a red flag for a bug fest.

 

[anthony13]

I feel like we hear this exact same rumor every year at this time. Stability over new features or something along those lines emphasizing how the subsequent year will be a larger update.

 

[munpip214]

Well, unless they can maintain the stability while adding new features (yeah right) I have a feeling people are gonna stick on iOS 27 more than other versions

 

[Jason2000]

It's always coming with Apple. How about releasing something great now.

 

[david_n_n]

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”

Or just iPadOS.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Ok but 29 is gonna be even bigger. You won't even need to use your phone, Siri is gonna use it for you.

 

[DWC23093]

Thos article significantly underrates the value of Apple taking the time in their OS update cycle to cleanup thencode. This is an absolutely positive task that is too seldom accomplished.

 

[jb310]

I thought he'd at least wait until iOS 27 was announced before jumping straight to "next year's stuff will be better" 😅

 

[SnowPenguin]

I think most people simply want a more robust system & bug fixes, and not an update with "impact" & AI features.

 

[gummybear2026]

Gurman is a wealth of useless information when it comes to Apple! He's as reliable as Peter Vecsey was during his time as an NBA insider.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

We've been told for a while now that iPhoneOS 27 will be a "bug fix" upgrade. So it only stands to reason that iPhoneOS 28 will be a "bug introduction" upgrade.

 

[Marlor]

It sounds like all the "significance" is about Siri, rather than fixing the regressions in iOS 27.

Personally, I rarely use Siri at all. I've rarely found anything that is better controlled via voice than via other interfaces. The only time I ever really noticed Siri even existed was when "Hey Siri" would trigger in random conversations - so I've disabled that and been happy ever since.

 

[carswell]

The only real information I learned from this article -- and I wouldn't call it useful -- is Bell and Poppy. Not a great return on my time investment.

 

[macduke]

I don’t give a crap about any new features—I just want the existing features to work consistently!

Although I do wonder if more people started fresh, if it would fix a lot of the reported problems. I just spent the past several days doing a fresh install and setup of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, and macOS 26. It’s insane how much smoother things are running and how all of my annoying issues are gone—for now, at least. We’ll see how this goes! Honestly probably should do tvOS too, though it’s not nearly as bad.