According to some rumors, it would seem that Apple has temporarily stopped work on iOS 18 and macOS 15 in order to focus on fixing bugs and other critical issues. He thought about revealing it Bloomberg’s Mark Gurmanwho added that the stop would be decided directly by Craig FederighiApple’s Vice President of Software Engineering.
The Cupertino company would have made this decision because the update to iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and macOS 15 will be quite important, especially because Apple will focus on the implementation of generative artificial intelligence: the goal, in fact, is to compete with Google and OpenAI. Furthermore, the future update will be even more important because, again as Gurman explains, iPhone 16 will not represent big news in terms of hardware: therefore, in order to attract new customers, it will be essential to present software that works perfectly.
Gurman then explained that Apple has stopped development of iOS 18 right now because a fundamental milestone in development would have already been reached: The company, therefore, was able to stop to focus on debugging, delaying the start of the next development phase.
In this regard, Cupertino suspended work on the new version of iOS already in 2019: In that year, the company decided to reorganize the entire software development sector.
In any case, Apple is working intensely to optimize iOS 18, which should bring with it big news. Not by chance, Gurman himself said: “Internally, Apple senior management has called the upcoming operating systems “ambitious and compelling,” featuring significant new features and designs, along with improvements in security and performance.”
Bloomberg
