While we’re still a week away from Apple’s unveiling of iOS 27, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman just shared the first rumor regarding iOS 28.
In his To light up In today’s newsletter, he said iOS 28 would be “much bigger” than iOS 27, but he didn’t provide any specific details.
“Next year’s ’28’ releases are already shaping up to be much bigger than the ’27’ updates,” Gurman wrote, without elaborating.
iOS 28 is codenamed “Bell,” while macOS 28 is called “Poppy,” he said.
iOS 28 would be the first version available on Apple’s 20th anniversary iPhone, which is scheduled for release in September next year.
iOS 27 will apparently be focused on Siri and Apple Intelligence.
The update will include the long-awaited personalized version of Siri, featuring on-screen recognition and a better understanding of your personal context. For example, at WWDC 2024, Apple showed a user asking Siri about his mother’s flight and lunch reservation based on information 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 mode, similar to other chatbot apps like ChatGPT. Additionally, iOS 27 is expected to add a “Search or Ask” feature to Dynamic Island.
Exactly how iOS 28 will be more significant remains to be seen. The update will be revealed at WWDC 2027 next June, so there’s still plenty of time to go.
