Apple gives its engineers more room to experiment on iOS 28 and aims for a Siri that gets on with tasks by itself
According to Bloomberg, the first development phase of the next operating systems was given more coding time, while Apple reportedly wants Siri to act more like an agent as soon as next year.
Apple has changed the way it builds the next generation of its operating systems. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported this on Sunday in his Power On newsletter, and MacRumors, 9to5Mac and Cult of Mac picked up the report. Apple normally splits development into three major phases of eight weeks each: four weeks of coding and four weeks in which new features are brought together in the system. For the first phase of iOS 28, iPadOS 28 and macOS 28, engineers were given six weeks to code and explore ideas, leaving two weeks for integration.
According to Gurman, employees are happy with the change. The second and third phases remain unchanged. Cult of Mac reports that iOS 28 and macOS 28 carry the internal code names Bell and Poppy. As usual, the new versions are expected to be unveiled in June 2027, with a public release in September.
In the same newsletter, Gurman writes that Apple may want Siri to work more like an agent as early as next year, carrying out tasks itself rather than only responding to commands. Rival assistants such as ChatGPT Dots and Meta's Muse can already take on ongoing tasks. 9to5Mac notes that it is still unclear what Apple will actually ship. The company itself has announced nothing.