{"id":310712,"date":"2025-11-24T11:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/310712\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:30:11","slug":"ios-27-will-reportedly-skip-major-upgrades-focus-on-refinements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/310712\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27 Will Reportedly Skip Major Upgrades, Focus on Refinements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is slowing down on flashy new iOS features and focusing on improving everything that&#8217;s already out, Bloomberg&#8217;s Mark Gurman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-11-23\/apple-ios-27-snow-leopard-like-quality-focus-ai-features-tim-cook-retirement-mibq7jv8\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s WWDC signaled a major shift across Apple&#8217;s software lineup. Alongside new features, the company introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/how-to\/how-to-tone-down-liquid-glass-in-ios-26\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liquid Glass<\/a> interface with floating, translucent navigation bars and changed the naming to reflect release years instead of version numbers, similar to how carmakers go about their models.<\/p>\n<p>While the refreshed design became a major talking point at launch in September, several users complained about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/ios-2601-update-fixes-iphone-17-wi-fi-issues-and-this-font-crashing-flaw\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bugs<\/a>, quick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/yes-ios-26-is-draining-your-iphone-battery-but-its-temporary\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">battery drains<\/a>, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/imessage-not-working-on-ios-26-apple-explains-how-to-fix-it\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">issues<\/a> soon after. Some are still complaining about issues such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/iphone\/comments\/1np9l32\/keyboard_problems_when_typing_after_ios_26\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">keyboard inaccuracies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since it was an intensive software revision, Apple&#8217;s engineering and software teams are now &#8220;hunting for bloat to cut, bugs to eliminate, and any opportunity to meaningfully boost performance and overall quality,&#8221; Gurman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-11-23\/apple-ios-27-snow-leopard-like-quality-focus-ai-features-tim-cook-retirement-mibq7jv8\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(Opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">writes<\/a> in the latest edition of his weekly newsletter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This means, instead of working on sweeping new features for iOS 27, Apple may be focusing on fixing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/opinions\/apple-ios26-public-beta-iphone-features-im-most-excited-to-try\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iOS 26<\/a>&#8216;s underlying performance and quality issues, much like it did with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/encyclopedia\/term\/snow-leopard\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Snow Leopard update<\/a> for Macs in 2009, Gurman adds.<\/p>\n<p>However, that won&#8217;t leave iOS 27 as a &#8220;no new features&#8221; update like the Mac software. There will still be a few additions, and most of them will revolve around AI so that the company doesn&#8217;t fall further behind in this segment, Gurman notes.<\/p>\n<p>        Recommended by Our Editors<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Apple has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/apples-siri-struggle-new-report-exposes-reasons-behind-recent-problems\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">yet to release<\/a> several AI features it announced at WWDC 24. The company has said they will arrive in 2026, and rumors suggest they could finally roll out with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/report-siris-long-delayed-ai-features-may-arrive-with-ios-264\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iOS 26.4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s also rumored to be working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/google-ceo-gemini-could-be-integrated-into-apple-intelligence-this-year\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">integrating<\/a> Google Gemini into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/explainers\/is-apple-intelligence-actually-smart-i-tested-every-feature-to-find-out\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple Intelligence<\/a> and Siri, while also infusing AI into some of its other apps. 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