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Apple will reportedly delay lots of the greater adjustments in iOS 19 till spring 2026. They may arrive finally as a part of iOS 19.4 as an alternative of being out there when the OS first drops in September 2025.
Apparently, the delay will have an effect on “a larger-than-usual variety of options.”
Apple would possibly delay a number of main iOS 19 options
Apple held again a number of main options from iOS 18’s preliminary public launch. Notably, the corporate launched Apple Intelligence, one of many OS’s key highlights, a month later with iOS 18.1. Regardless of the delay, not all of Apple’s AI options showcased at WWDC24 can be found to customers but.
Apple plans to launch iOS 18.2 with Picture Playground, Visible Intelligence, and ChatGPT integration in Siri in early December. Then, in spring 2025, with iOS 18.4, the corporate will roll out a extra highly effective Siri that may management apps.
In the most recent version of his Energy On e-newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman claims Apple will comply with an identical technique with the larger options in iOS 19. His sources declare that Apple will delay a “larger-than-usual variety of options” to iOS 19.4’s launch in spring 2026.
These delayed options don’t embody iOS 19’s new LLM-powered Siri, which can present a extra conversational expertise. It has additionally been seemingly delayed till spring 2026.
Delayed iOS options would possibly change into extra frequent sooner or later
The delayed iOS 18 options led Apple to launch the iPhone 16 collection with out entry to many key options. It additionally prompted the corporate to advertise and hype options, like Visible Intelligence, regardless of not being prepared by launch day.
Nevertheless, it appears this delayed rollout of main new options would possibly simply change into the norm going ahead, with iOS 19 reportedly following in the identical trajectory as nicely.
With iOS 19 being nearly a 12 months away from launch, there’s at all times a risk that Apple may handle the delays and alter the discharge timeline of main new options.