Here's What Apple's iOS 19 Messages App Might Look Like

[MacRumors]

Leaker Jon Prosser today shared a mockup of what he says the Messages app will look like in iOS 19, demoing an interface with rounded, translucent bubble-shaped navigation buttons at the top and softer, rounder corners for the keyboard and word suggestions.

Jon Prosser's Messages app mockup​

The return button, a button for going back to the Messages list, and the FaceTime button have a deeper blue shade that has a bit of a glow about it, but Prosser's mockup does not show fundamental changes to the layout. The iMessage demonstration is at 42:50 in the video below, and it lasts for about a minute.

Prosser previously showed off a mockup of what the iOS 19 Camera app supposedly looks like, with the updated design featuring visionOS-like translucency for the tool bar that gives more visibility to the underlying photo.

When sharing the Camera app mockup, Prosser said that he based it on the actual iOS 19 Camera app that he obtained from unnamed sources. He recreated the design rather than showing actual screenshots, and it appears that's what's been done here as well. Prosser noted that the Messages app and the Home Screen have not seen significant redesigns in iOS 19, despite rumors that we're going to see the biggest redesign since iOS 7.

Front Page Tech's iOS 19 Camera app mockup​

Prosser says that he has an iOS 19 video coming tomorrow, where he will share additional info on iOS 19's design.

iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS Sequoia 16 are rumored to be getting a complete design overhaul, with Apple refreshing menus, system buttons, apps, icons, and more. Apple plans to focus on translucency and rounded buttons, design elements that are taken from visionOS. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the update will "fundamentally change" the look of each operating system while also introducing a more consistent cross-platform experience.

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[WilliApple]

Those toolbar buttons looks like something out of iOS 6... Not visionOS...

 

[kycophpd]

You had me all the way up until I saw Jon Prosser.

 

[abatabia]

Lost me at Prosser.

 

[testcard]

“Don’t give up the day job, Jon”

 

[TigerNike23]

Aaaaaand I’m sure Prosser gave zero credit to the concept designers and paid them little to nothing.

 

[Veinticinco]

Prosser and his "unnamed sources"....aka pulled out of his hole.

 

[adammusic]

that looks really bad

 

[Joshuaorange]

Oof. Android is looking better all the time.

 

[darngooddesign]

That doesn't look anything like Vision OS iMessage or even its keyboard.

So... no.

 

[JPack]

How quickly some have forgotten...

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[t0rqx]

rounded corners needed exceptional more gpu performance than the current A chips deliver.

A19 is going to be a beast.

 

[Aleh]

visionOS is way more subtle than that lol

 

[AppleFan91]

Ah, good. It’s Prosser so this is what it *won’t* look like.

But seriously - that keyboard looks like android gingerbread when you zoom in on it. I get it’s a mockup, but that just looks bad.

Side note: fingers crossed we can get a number row on top lol

 

[gridlocked]

SO Psyched to have rounded icons! This changes everything! WooooHoooo!

 

[jz0309]

Prosser - enough said.
But, I think there's a possibility that apple intentionally leaked this to get some early feedback like here on MR and such. No way anyone inside apple would have "leaked" this.

 

[Subliminal87]

one change I really hope we can get are two different toggles and sliders for sounds.

I would love to have my phone ringtone turned down but my alert/text/mail sound loud.

There are so many decent alert sounds but I can’t use them because they aren’t loud and if I turn up the volume the ring tone sound blasts out like it could shatter the sound barrier.

Or a toggle that lets me turn off the ringer completely but allow me to have alert sounds on.

 

[fatTribble]

I’m really hoping the app coin icons spin around and make sounds like a Chinese slot machine 🤭

 

[GUNSTAR1]

Hey Apple team reading this: Give the user power to personalize iMessage not your version. and no that doesn't mean reorganizing the apps list. im tired of the blue and green.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Maybe iOS 19 will re-introduce skeuomorphisms...?

 

[Veinticinco]

Maybe iOS 19 will re-introduce skeuomorphisms...?

Sure, and Cook might invite Forstall back into the chicken coop.

 

[floydbot]

It looks a lot like Android from the late 2010s.

 

[turbineseaplane]

"Prosser noted that the Messages app and the Home Screen have not seen significant redesigns in iOS 19, despite rumors that we're going to see the biggest redesign since iOS 7."

Oh

Sounds like it'll be the usual over hyped nothing burger we all expected anyhow

 

[Kylo83]

I wish they could redesign the keyboard, I always hit the period button on safari and the keys are to close, the keyboard needs updating

 

[kirky29]

I wish they could redesign the keyboard, I always hit the period button on safari and the keys are to close, the keyboard needs updating

Couldn't agree more... I'm forever accidently typing.things.like.this, never happens on my Android.

A number row would be very welcome too.