Apple has decided toincreasingly stagger the deployment of its new features software. Indeed, the deployment of Apple Intelligence, the group’s suite of tools powered by generative AI, is made up of several successive waves.
Deployed at the end of October, the iOS 18.1 update includes an embryo of features developed by Apple, such as writing tools and an AI-powered photo library. To discover more new options, you will have to wait for iOS 18.2, which is scheduled to arrive in December 2024. Subsequently, iOS 18.4 will kick off the third phase of the deployment of Apple Intelligence, around April 2025.
All these functions are coming dropper so as not to overload Apple’s servers all of a sudden. As part of this change in strategy, Apple is postponing and spreading out the deployment of new iOS features as much as possible. This new way of doing things is set to last.
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A gradual deployment for iOS 19
In fact, it turns out that Apple intends to apply the gradual deployment strategy of iOS 18 to iOS 19, the version of the operating system expected in September 2025, on the sidelines of the iPhone 17 keynote. According to information from Mark Gurman, Apple has already postponed the arrival of certain features of iOS 19 to 2026.
“Apple is introducing more of its technology in a staggered manner, rather than in one big annual refresh”explains Gurman.
A source revealed to the Bloomberg journalist “more than usual number of features planned for iOS 19” are already postponed. To experience some of what’s new in iOS 19, iPhone users will have to wait iOS 19.4 updatescheduled for spring 2026.
Siri married him
This approach also concerns the new Siri. As Mark Gurman explains in his Sunday newsletter, Apple Intelligence only brought “cosmetic changes to Siri” For now. To converse with the new version of Siri, boosted with generative AI, you will have to wait until 2026.
This “real redesign of Siri”which is based on “large internal linguistic models”is currently being tested in Cupertino laboratories under the name « LLM Series »relates Gurman. The new Siri could be announced as early as WWDC 2025, but deployed months later, in spring 2026. Again, the changes are gradual.
Ultimately, we should no longer expect Apple to deploy major updates packed with all their new features in the years to come. From now on you will have to get into the habit of being patient.
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