Apple Is Slow-Rolling iOS 27 Adoption, Likely to Gate Siri AI

Analyst David Smith observed that iOS 27 adoption in its first two weeks lacks the usual initial surge, growing steadily instead. He suspects Apple is deliberately slowing automatic updates to manage the Siri AI waiting list.

• iOS 27 adoption curve shows no initial surge, unlike iOS 15 and 16
• Data comes from Widgetsmith and Pedometer++ user analytics
• Apple has been steadily making automatic updates more likely for users
• Scaling Private Cloud Compute for Siri AI is a major challenge at a billion users