After 10 years, Apple is changing how it makes iPhone software
This is great news for iPhone owners, who have increasingly been noticing bugs and glitches in Apple's software
If you use an iPhone, you have probably encountered an annoying glitch or bug on your iPhone.
In the past few months, iPhone owners have run into some real whoppers. For instance: A bug caused iPhones to crash on December 2. Some people couldn’t pick up calls on their iPhone.
A calculator-animation issue caused people to get a wrong answer.
Does this mean that the quality of Apple software is slipping, as experts and armchair analysts have been debating for the past year? It is difficult to tell – software always has bugs, and as Apple sells more iPhones, it increases the pool of people who will encounter any given glitch.
The biggest sign that this is an issue comes from Apple itself, as it upends its traditional software release strategy.
This year, when Apple releases the next version of iOS, it is unlikely to have a major redesign of the home screen or a big killer new feature, as previous versions of iOS have brought. The update is instead expected to focus on bug fixes, stability, and getting things right, according to reports from Bloomberg and Axios.
Instead, when the next iOS comes out – probably in beta this summer, with a global roll-out in autumn – it will probably be similar to your current iPhone experience, only faster, more stable and more reliable.
Isn’t that what everyone wants?
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