Apple pauses development of iOS 18 and macOS 15 to fix bugs in early versions

Apple According to a Bloomberg report, the company has halted work on the development of new features for upcoming versions of its iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems that are expected to be released next year. The company has reportedly asked employees to deal with bugs that have appeared in early versions of the code — the outage is expected to end at the end of the week — rather than adding new features that will be included in iOS 18, iPadOS 18 Can make her own way. And macOS 15 in 2024.

report The company cited unnamed sources familiar with the decision as saying that Apple’s software engineering team discovered several bugs that were not noticed during internal testing, which led to the development of new features to deal with and resolve existing bugs in the code. It was decided to stop the development. One week period.

Expected to arrive as Apple’s next operating system version ios 18, iPadOS 18, macos 15And watchOS 11 According to the report, the iPhone and iPad updates are codenamed Crystal, while the Mac and Apple Watch operating systems are internally called Glow and Moonstone.

Development on these three operating system updates came to a halt after they reached their first major milestone, also known as M1. Before development can reach the second milestone, Apple’s software developers must root out and fix existing problems with the code.

According to the report, the company’s upcoming software releases are not the only releases that are affected by the ban imposed by Apple. The iPhone maker has reportedly halted development on VisionOS as well as previously ongoing development iOS 17.4 – A minor update to the smartphone operating system that is expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2024.

While Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to lift the pause on development this week, efforts to remove bugs from the code are unlikely to impact the expected rollout of updates — Apple typically unveils its next operating system at its annual event. unveils Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) program and they will be launched in September.