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 here after a summer of beta releases.

The behavior changed slightly between the first two releases. This change shipped, and I’m still adjusting to it. IOS 27 breaks 15 years of muscle memory on iPhone and iPad.

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