With all the work Apple has done with iOS 18 and later, one would assume that iOS 19 won't be a big release in terms of new features. Mark Gurman talks about it
We know that iOS 18 represented an excellent version in terms of current events in the history of operating systems dedicated to the iPhonenotably thanks to Apple Intelligence implementations and future developments still in development. Therefore, in the Cupertino bowels, other problems arise this could harm the delay in the development of iOS 19, the operating system which will be revealed at WWDC 2025. Mark Gurman confirmed this situation in a publication made in X.
The development of iOS 19 becomes complicated, the reason is the current development of iOS 18 features
Usually, after the launch of an Apple product or operating system, rumors circulate about what might happen the following year. In this case, Cupertino engineers haven't even had time to start working on what iOS 19 will be. Gurman reports that the “gradual rollout of features from iOS 18 to iOS 18.4” is “causing delays” in features that should already be in the works by iOS 19.
The effect that these events will trigger is that the Implementation of future iOS 19 features will be slow and this could indicate that its launch is similar to iOS 18, functions announced although with a premiere in the following months.
We already know some of what's new in iOS 19, but there's some bad news
Historically, Apple has announced major new features every two or three releases after its initial iOS release. Each .2 or .3 release is usually large because of the amount of new features expected. With iOS 18 this was no exception, just yesterday new features were released in iOS 18.2 with Apple Intelligence and they are still necessary considering another operating system such as macOS.
The best is yet to come with iOS 18.3 and iOS 18.4
We know that Apple Intelligence is not yet fully present on Apple devices, starting with language and availability in certain regions. This could change until iOS 18.4 in April, when the use of Spanish language with Apple's AI becomes official.
This means that Apple could arrive just in time work with future iOS 19 features now a smaller update than you think. In previous years' releases, iOS typically has significant visual appearance updates or new features visible to the naked eye every couple of years. iOS 19 may have already set that path, although we'll certainly dispel any doubts when it first appears at WWDC 2025.
Tim Cook at the WWDC24 presentation
In the same way, Apple could rethink the strategy and make iOS 19 a kind of iOS 18 version 2.0. Everything will depend on the extent to which they manage to move forward in time on the functions that are not yet fully launched in Apple Intelligence. Especially, We feel that iOS 18 did not completely disappoint although in the EU the situation has been radically different. Next year will be crucial to see how well Apple handles the issue of its own updates.
Remember that iOS 18.2 was updated for security issues, so you should update now.
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