Major changes to health and notifications is not a good update, we need a huge Ui change we have had the same look for years it’s boring now
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Gurman: iOS 16 to Feature 'Significant' Improvements to Notifications, New Health-Tracking Features, But No Major Redesign
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Improve HomeKit, Notifications, and bring back battery percentage…
Well for iOS I agree, for iPad OS that’s a different story!
I would like more refined menus where it is easier to find settings for different things, instead of having to hunt, sometimes in odd places for toggles. I find it chaotic at the moment.
Maybe add iCloud messaging to the Apple Watch, I’m sick of deleting messages separate on the watch
This years updates is gonna be exactly like last year, nothing wow or interesting a bunch of small changes, iOS is getting really boring for a decade it hasn’t changed much as in the design, at least give us something fresh, the team at iOS are terrible
I only found out last week what those 3 dots actually do but I have yet to find an app that isn’t Safari, where it would make sense. Annoying to look at 90% of the time
Every major release of iOS and Android has highlighted improvements to Notifications. How many times do they have to rework it before they get it right?
What is actually needed is significant improvements to Apple Music and podcasts app.
and that Window-ed iPad OS rumor going around.
that, Notification sync and Notification improvement AND interactive widget and I am a happy camper.
Plus. most of apple was remote last year. I do not expect big overhauls while we were still in a pandemic.
that, Notification sync and Notification improvement AND interactive widget and I am a happy camper.
Plus. most of apple was remote last year. I do not expect big overhauls while we were still in a pandemic.
The use case for this might be quite niche, but there are apps on Mac that I don’t use on my mobile devices. A section in the Notifications Center where I can view notifications from other devices would be nice too
Hoping for that experimental feature where Podcast notifications actually work...
The 3-dots split screen feature is really good. Another use is watching a show with another app open on the other side.
In iPad multi-tasking view you can also long press an app and drag it over another app to make those 2 apps a split-screen pair.
I would hope they bring that to iPhone to give us the chance to multitask
I am looking forward to iPadOS updates. To me that platform is the most outdated relative to the hardware (M1) inside.
- I hope to see robust multitasking with windowing support, similar to the window that contains quick notes in iPadOS 15.x.
- In addition, Apple needs to fix multi-monitor support and finally enable iPadOS to display an image on the monitor in its native resolution and aspect ratio without any cropping or black bars.
- Apple also needs to allow the iPad interface with external monitors in 'extended mode' with a separate image on the external monitor, rather than the default 'mirror only' mode of iPadOS 15 and below.
- Apple should also consider bringing interactive widgets to iOS/iPadOS so we can use the widget to control certain functions of the app rather than having to switch into the app. For example, with Spotify, why can't I navigate my playlists or select certain songs directly from the widget itself.
Would love for them to change back do not disturb to how it was in iOS 14- the feature now is completely useless and is one of my biggest gripes.
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The iOS and iPadOS team really have no clue anymore, if they cared they would give us a fresh look to iOS and make widgets interactive so they are actually Useful and give us proper multitasking on the iPhone
Some redesign of UI could be welcome, maybe just for matching more with MacOS. Otherwise, the newest iOS will be the same as the newest iPhone SE.
There will be some new features. That's always good.
New camera and editing features.
Apple is working on the the Music app redesign.
I am hoping they put a few more options for a picture/video in the "(i)" feature in Photos.
For example...change filename...change file size...add notes, not just caption...maybe current weather conditions
Is making the onscreen keyboard a better typing experience for iPhone and iPad a high priority at Apple?
New camera and editing features.
Apple is working on the the Music app redesign.
I am hoping they put a few more options for a picture/video in the "(i)" feature in Photos.
For example...change filename...change file size...add notes, not just caption...maybe current weather conditions
Is making the onscreen keyboard a better typing experience for iPhone and iPad a high priority at Apple?
I'd be fine as well with no major UI redesign as long as there are some significant new features and improvements. One minor thing that still makes me shake my head is "sharing" a workout is so basic. Basically just posts a reward type email saying "X ran X miles". Should be an option to actually share the full workout with split times, the path on the map etc.
iOS desperately needs to let apps thread notifications by conversations like on Android, and let them show profile pictures of the people you're speaking to.
I currently have 40 Instagram notifications from various messages and group chats at different times from different people, some days old. They're all grouped together only because they're from the same app.
I currently have 40 Instagram notifications from various messages and group chats at different times from different people, some days old. They're all grouped together only because they're from the same app.