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16 Sept 20263 min read

How to plan a release around Apple's beta cycle without gambling

The sixth developer beta of the 27 generation arrived in August. If your project plan assumes a September GA date, you are making a bet - here is how to structure it so losing is survivable.

Pinkesh Gajera

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16 Sept 20263 min read

Xcode 27 removes the Liquid Glass opt-out. Audit before you recompile.

The ability to opt out of Liquid Glass is going away: recompile with Xcode 27 and your app adopts the new design whether it suits it or not. That turns a routine toolchain bump into a design review.

Pinkesh Gajera

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16 Sept 20263 min read

iOS 27 shipped. Do not raise your deployment target yet.

Every September a client asks whether to require the new OS. The device list this year makes the answer clearer than usual, and it is still no.

Pinkesh Gajera

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How to plan a release around Apple's beta cycle without gambling

Xcode 27 removes the Liquid Glass opt-out. Audit before you recompile.

iOS 27 shipped. Do not raise your deployment target yet.

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