Gaming is a huge area where they could improve. Invest in AAA game studios like Microsoft have to encourage others to jump on board as well. Adopt industry standards that make it easier for developers to port games.
They could make a console version of Apple TV and make their own first party gaming controller and also one that transforms the phone into a handheld gaming device.
Apple silicone has the potential to change the gaming industry.
Then you have Macs. There should be bigger screen sizes. There could develo even larger imacs with hinges that allow the screen to fold flat and to be used as a touchscreen with Apple Pencil for designers.
MacBook could also have hinges that allow them to fold completely flat and have touch screens for the same purpose.
iPads could run macOS when docked to make it all cohesive with the option to run iPad os on the go.
iPhone could have different folding form factor that could support iPads apps when unfolded.
Street view in Apple Maps that’s integrates into CarPlay for augmented reality.
Apple Card services for more countries.
The list goes on. These are just some initial ideas off the top of my head which I’d like to see.
Hm... Most of that is a list of me-too's, not innovation.
Nothing game-changing about getting better at games. You're just one more company making games. Apple just doesn't get the gaming market, or at least haven't yet cracked how to supply cheap gaming hardware to the masses, without sacrificing the ability to put the same hardware in expensive Macs and iPads (do keep in mind iPhone is the biggest gaming platform on the market though, just a different type of gaming).
Bigger screens is a feature, not innovation. Fold flat, you're describing Microsoft Surface Studio. Is that taking over the PC market?
Touch screen macs: That's a philosophy question, clearly Apple doesn't think touch screens belong on computers with keyboards, and neither do I. Apple wants you to buy a seperate iPad for that, which is a perfectly valid product strategy, and no less innovative than slapping a touch-screen on a computer with an OS that isn't designed for it.
Same answer in opposite direction for iPads running MacOS. Two different OS'es on the same product is not impossible, but complicated - it's a nerd solution to a non-existing problem.
iPhone folding out to iPad - again, it's a strategy decision, not a question of innovativeness. iPad is a different OS now than iOS. I still see foldable phones as a niche, and I don't see it changing anytime soon. It's a gimmick. Also, keep in mind that Apple is rarely first with a concept, but they are often first with a good version within a concept. I'm sure Apple has plenty of prototypes of folding iPhones and touch-screen Macs.
Not sure I understand your feature request regarding Street View.
Apple Card for more countries hardly count as "innovation", that is logistics.
In the meantime, Apple has been at the forefront of smartwatches, tablets, in-ear headphones, and not least environmental impact, while constantly keeping their existing products relevant, including bringing Apple Silicon to Mac.
Nothing about your list is "better" than what Apple has been doing. At best, it's a list of features where Apple went in a different direction. Which is different than being "stale".
The area where I'd like to see them improve significantly, and an area where they are trying but not really fully succeeding yet, is home control and home entertainment. That, besides gaming, is areas where they should have the potential to do something big, but somehow don't really "get" it. But it doesn't mean they aren't doing innovative work in the areas they are good at.
