Apple Only Started Suggesting iOS 26 Users Upgrade to 27 Three Days Ago
Joe Rossignol, on Thursday: Starting today, iPhone users still running iOS 26 will see iOS 27.0.1 as the prominent software update in the Settings app under General → Software Update, with iOS 26.7.1 now relegated to a smaller “Also Available” section at the bottom. Just the other day I posted about how most users only get OS updates when Apple pushes them through automatic updates. But even for…
On Thursday, Apple began subtly encouraging iPhone users still running iOS 26 to upgrade to iOS 27. Previously, these users were only shown iOS 27.0.1 as a minor update at the bottom of the Software Update section in Settings, with iOS 26.7.1 appearing as the main suggestion. The change came just a day after a report highlighting how most users only update their operating systems when prompted by automatic updates.
Prior to this, the default recommendation for iOS 26.x users remained on the latest version of iOS 26, requiring them to scroll "below the fold" to access iOS 27. Apple's deliberate slow roll-out of iOS 27 updates is believed to be a strategy to control access to the new Siri AI features.
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