Apple has shifted the early development schedule for iOS 28, macOS 28, and related operating systems, lengthening the coding phase and shortening integration under the direction of new CEO John Ternus, according to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman.
The company traditionally splits each year’s major operating-system work into three stages. Each stage normally allocates four weeks to coding and four weeks to “convergence,” the period when new features are integrated into the operating systems. For the first stage of iOS 28, iPadOS 28, and macOS 28, that split changed to six weeks of coding, exploration, and feature development followed by only two weeks of convergence.
Employees have welcomed the adjustment, saying it creates more time to develop and test ideas before those features must be locked in, Gurman reported. The second major milestone is scheduled to begin Monday, when Apple is expected to start finalizing which features will ship to users.
iOS 28 and iPadOS 28 are known internally as “Bell,” while macOS 28 is codenamed “Poppy.” Public betas are anticipated around June next year, with a full release expected in September.
MacDailyNews Take: After years of a CEO who excelled at supply chains, margins, and, for the most part, keeping the trains running on time, it’s good to again have a product-focused leader whose first instinct is “what should this thing do for users?” rather than “how efficiently can we ship the same thing?” The difference is already showing up in the way Apple goes about building software.
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