Apple has paused work on new features for upcoming iOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS updates for a week. Craig Federighi ordered the freeze to focus on fixing bugs discovered during internal testing.
Apple has temporarily halted work on new features for its upcoming iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS updates in order to focus on improving quality and eliminating bugs. Software engineering chief Craig Federighi ordered a one-week pause in development last week after internal testing revealed too many ‘escapes’, or bugs, in early versions of the software.
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, all Apple developers working on next year’s software updates were tasked with fixing known issues and improving performance rather than adding new capabilities. This pause affects OS releases codenamed ‘Crystal’ for iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, ‘Glow’ for macOS 15, ‘Moonstone’ for watchOS 11, and visionOS for the forthcoming Apple Vision Pro headset.
