Apple Reportedly Delays Two New iPhone Features Until iOS 27

[MacRumors]

iOS 26 is rumored to feature a glassy design, new Games and Preview apps, and more, but two other enhancements have reportedly been delayed until next year.

In his list of WWDC 2025 expectations today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today said that Apple has postponed the launch of revamped Calendar and Health apps until iOS 27 or later, as it needs more time to develop these planned changes.

Gurman did not reveal any specific changes planned for the Calendar app, but Apple's acquisition of Mayday Labs in April 2024 could hint at the company's plans.

Mayday Labs had developed an AI-powered calendar, task manager, and scheduling assistant for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The all-in-one app used AI to automatically schedule your events and tasks at ideal times, and it could learn your scheduling preferences and daily patterns over time to further optimize your calendar.

Mayday's website said its app worked best when you used it with others. For example, it could automatically schedule a meeting at a time where both you and a co-worker were available. It also offered automatic rescheduling for flexibility.

The app was shut down shortly after the acquisition.

It would be reasonable to assume that some of Mayday's features and technologies could be added to Apple's Calendar app across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, under the Apple Intelligence umbrella. But, it appears that will have to wait for iOS 27.

As for the Health app, Gurman has previously reported that it will get a new AI-powered health coaching feature that offers personalized health recommendations. He initially expected the revamp to be part of iOS 19.4 (now iOS 26.4), but it now appears that it will not be ready until at least iOS 27 as well. That update will arrive next year.

Article Link: Apple Reportedly Delays Two New iPhone Features Until iOS 27

 

[sniffies]

The only change I want in Calendar app on iPhone is an option to remove the separator between months making the month-to-month view uninterrupted and continuous, just like on Mac.

Compare the two. Calendar on iPhone has a separator between June 30th and July 1st, while Calendar on Mac does not.

 

[dustin_]

i’d rather have delayed full featured software, than a sloppy mess released too soon

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

I'm absolutely shocked!

 

[TechWhisperer]

Well, well, well… here we go again. Color me absolutely stunned.

 

[Total Respray]

Third party apps get updated as new features become available. It’s time Apple updated apps on a standalone basis rather than artificially tying them to annual OS updates.

 

[BB1970]

I'm not a developer so I have no idea how much time and resources are needed for app development. But... I do know that apple is a trillion dollar company. So it legit amazes me that enough coders and such aren't hired and used to push features on time. I don’t want half baked apps either, but then again, you'd think that with all that cash on hand, they could release all the features on schedule.

 

[contacos]

Why does it require an OS Update to update a single app anyway? The whole thing is ridiculous. Just provide a calendar update from the app store when it's ready? Google changed this forever ago.

 

[Hank001]

For example, it could automatically schedule a meeting at a time where both you and a co-worker were available.

My calendar on the company's Exchange Server (yup, MS) does this since, IDK, 2006 or something.

Boogles the mind to comprehend why Apple needs 2 years to implement software that already worked when they bought said company. Oh well.

 

[rappr]

I'm not a developer so I have no idea how much time and resources are needed for app development. But... I do know that apple is a trillion dollar company. So it legit amazes me that enough coders and such aren't hired and used to push features on time. I don’t want half baked apps either, but then again, you'd think that with all that cash on hand, they could release all the features on schedule.

You don’t just need developers, you need good developers. Especially for something as complex as an operating system. Plenty of them work for other companies and don’t want to work for Apple. All the money or market cap in the world won’t change that.

 

[Gengar]

Is it actually postponed if it never was announced?

 

[AssassuN]

I'm not a developer so I have no idea how much time and resources are needed for app development. But... I do know that apple is a trillion dollar company. So it legit amazes me that enough coders and such aren't hired and used to push features on time. I don’t want half baked apps either, but then again, you'd think that with all that cash on hand, they could release all the features on schedule.

they'll tell you you're wrong and say that's not how software development works. but you put more bodies to anything, and it'll get done faster.

we have to stop excusing trillion dollar companies.

 

[eveluvsrainbows]

Can we stop reporting on every single little thing Gurman says? He's not as reputable as MacRumors and other sites make him out to be, and every single little rumour that circulates needs to stop being reported on. He doesn't know everything, and he definitely doesn't know what Apple is doing. He doesn't work for Apple, and he could be getting fed false information.

We won't know until the actual keynote on Monday as to what will actually be in iOS 26. We don't even know if its guaranteed that Apple will be moving to a new versioning scheme or not. It could still end up being iOS 19 for all we know.

Treating Gurman as an accurate news source is insane. Bloomberg, particularly Gurman, gets a billion things wrong. We should only report on actual news, and actual feature announcements. Therefore we should only rely on Apple and user reports as an accurate source for information rather than cover every little thing Gurman says and pass it off as accurate or newsworthy. Or, if a rumour is to be reported on, it should only be reported on if multiple sources corroborate the rumour. Publishing articles based on rumours from a single source is just silly in my opinion. I get its called Mac"Rumors" but rumours also take the fun out of OS release coverage. I'd be happier if rumours were just not reported on in the first place and release announcements were still held under suspense like they used to be.

 

[ikramerica]

Can they give us a “classic” view in the unusable photos app? It’s been over 6 months and I still don’t know where to find what used to be easy to find.

Just yesterday I “saved to photos” and the picture was in “today” but not the library and now because today is yesterday, it’s not in today, or yesterday, or my library.

 

[routine_analyst]

Why is it that we only ever hear of Apple delaying the launch of things? And during those times of delay we get cosmetics and more emoji based things?

It's rough because these delays often result in the product getting cut altogether. Airport, Airpower, Titan, etc...

 

[ikramerica]

I'm not a developer so I have no idea how much time and resources are needed for app development. But... I do know that apple is a trillion dollar company. So it legit amazes me that enough coders and such aren't hired and used to push features on time. I don’t want half baked apps either, but then again, you'd think that with all that cash on hand, they could release all the features on schedule.

Maybe devote fewer resources to new themed watch faces every theme month and more to what matters?

 

[SactoGuy18]

I still think all the Version 26 operating system updates may introduce a "mild" form of skeuomorphism, mostly in black and white form. Some of the skeuomorphic features of iOS 6 are actually quite well done, and a return to some of those elements in a simpler form will be welcome.

 

[Paddle1]

I get its called Mac"Rumors" but rumours also take the fun out of OS release coverage. I'd be happier if rumours were just not reported on in the first place and release announcements were still held under suspense like they used to be.

Why go on a rumors site if you don't want to see rumors?

 

[Calle68]

American people are interested in things like sleep health, knowing when your mother land at LA, pilates, NFA scores, making 4k of family that simply the entire world don't give a ****. Focus on real people needs!

 

[freezelighter]

Who will need a new physical smartphone in his/her hands in 2027 if by 2030, there will be no more physical devices to be held in hands, only glasses and AI clips? Everything will be AR/VR. Hands free.

 

[IceCool]

Everyone acting like unannounced features are “delayed” lol

There’s a huge difference between announcing a feature publicly then delaying it and internally postponing a feature that was never announced in the first place.

And regardless, this is a good thing as it’s a sign Apple isn’t going to (hopefully) continue releasing software that’s not ready yet.

 

[rtrueman]

At least Genmoji made it...

 

[cale508]

Is it actually postponed if it never was announced?

Exactly what I was thinking. You can't delay something that wasn't announced, you can postpone it. You can delay something out of your control. You postpone when you know it won't be ready.

 

[Premium1]

Good to see the engineers at apple can't even make a calendar app right anymore.... Man Apple is getting cooked lol.

 

[fhall1]

Maybe they could assign some of the Genmoji team over to Calendar development?