According to Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple has reportedly postponed a high number of iOS 19 features for a later iOS 19.4 release, meaning we potentially won’t get our hands on them until spring 2026.
This isn’t out of the ordinary, and we’re already seeing Apple run this playbook with Apple Intelligence and iOS 18, with the revamped Siri not being available until iOS 18.4 next spring, despite being announced at WWDC24 alongside all of the other iOS 18 features.
Gurman did not clarify what features have necessarily been delayed, but he did clarify that the features delayed are beyond just the new LLM Siri that he reported on last week:
I’m told that a larger-than-usual number of features scheduled for iOS 19 (beyond the new Siri) are already postponed until spring 2026 (when iOS 19.4 debuts).
Top comment by BCGeiger
Honestly I wish Apple would just stop making a big deal out of the yearly OS updates. They don’t add much because many of the advertised features are delayed for months anyway. Also they end up holding needed security packages for the next scheduled update. Just roll the changes out as you get them ready. Drop all the hype.
As a refresher, Apple is reportedly working on a new ‘LLM Siri’ for iOS 19, which will “handle tasks in a way that’s closer to ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.” However, it won’t be out until a couple months before the unveiling of iOS 20. (Feel old yet?)
Apple is expected to unveil iOS 19 at their annual developers conference, WWDC, in early June 2025. Afterwards, the first public version will ship to customers in September alongside the new release of the iPhone 17 models, which is expected to include an all new form factor – the iPhone 17 Air.
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