Oliver Haslam on November 24, 2025, 7:54 pm

Apple’s iOS 27 Will Be About Improved Quality And Performance

Apple’s iOS 26 has only been available for download for a couple of months, but the company is hard at work on iOS 27.

Now, a new report claims that the update will be all about dealing with performance and reliability issues rather than new features.

Writing in the weekly Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple intends to avoid adding any big new features to the iPhone with iOS 27. Instead, it’s aiming to deal with some of the bugs and performance issues that have plagued some of its releases in recent years.

Aiming to improve the software, engineering teams are now combing through Apple’s operating systems, hunting for bloat to cut, bugs to eliminate, and any opportunity to meaningfully boost performance and overall quality. Like Snow Leopard set the groundwork for future overhauls and new types of Macs, iOS 27 will lay the foundation for foldable iPhones and other new hardware.

However, it’s important to note that we have heard similar things before — with Apple to still add a slew of new features.

While Apple is likely already working on iOS 27 internally, it will still be a number of months before we get to see it ourselves. The iOS 27 update will likely be announced at WWDC in June 2026 before being made available to the public in September next year.