iOS 27 breaks 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad

Since iOS 5 in 2011, the iPhone and iPad have included Notification Center, a central place to find alerts from various apps in chronological order. Starting with iOS 27, Apple is making a major change to how users open Notification Center on iPhone and iPad. IOS 27 is out September 14 after a summer of beta releases.

The behavior has changed slightly between the first two releases. Several developer beta releases later show this change is shipping — even if I’d change it. IOS 27 breaks 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad.

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