iOS 16 Wishlist: Features MacRumors Readers Want to See in the Next Version of iOS

[Antknee]

Three things I'd like to see:
1. Better support for horizontal mode.
2. More horizontal mode support.
3. Did I mention expanded horizontal mode support?

 

[ams1117]

Nobody mentions better search for Messages?

If it's not searching properly at least don't hog up my storage space on my phone for storing useless data that I need to scroll 10 minutes to find and pray that the other party don't send any texts in the meanwhile.

 

[velocityg4]

How about. If you get a call or text from someone new and they aren’t in your contacts. It asks if they’re spam. For a quick block and delete. There’s just way too many steps right now.

 

[Westside guy]

"Oh, and one more thing" - 32-bit app support is coming back!!

 

[hellosil]

Share sheet: hide row with people

 

[TheSkywalker77]

Don’t care about focus modes just let us remove the home bar

I was waiting for it.

 

[cocky jeremy]

I want to see the return of skeuomorphic design and the complete elimination of flat design.

I'm disappointed there isn't a puke reaction I can put on this post.

 

[Lexdexia]

just 3 things
1. better battery runtime: would be awesome if every major OS update added more battery life instead of slightly decreasing it. Considering that batteries are all consumables, if you somehow optimized the software to be more energy efficient you can offset the noticeable decrease in battery runtime as the phone ages. Resulting in less battery servicing and less e-waste overall.
2. faster performance: this is kind of related with #1, Apple claims they don't intentionally slow down devices with major software updates, but they don't deny they do so unintentionally. It doesn't take a computer scientist to figure out new, poorly optimized software runs slower on older hardware. Have you ever seen comparisons between older iPhones running their original out of box iOS vs. the latest supported one? The difference in speed and responsiveness are huge.
3. improved usability: as phone screens are getting bigger, iOS has done little to optimize the UI and UX to better take advantage of the larger screen size. Another issue is the phone simply becoming unusable one handed since they place important UI elements on top. I think most of the usability issue stems from software, and the real challenge is how do you make interface easier to use w/o making it ugly?

 

[CarAnalogy]

This is a great list and covers everything I can think of.

But like everyone else on Earth except Apple apparently, I want all the damn bugs fixed. More than that, I want them to publicly commit to improved software quality.

Since Jobs and Ive are gone, apparently there’s no one left that will insist that things be done properly.

 

[Wildkraut]

?

A button to make all the other buttons disappear. /s

 

[mansplains]

No more rolodex-style number inputs. They are terrible! The clock app took it away briefly, and brought it back. I don't mind it on the clock since you can also type your numbers in.

 

[Janschi]

Who wants RCS Support for Messages. ?

 

[Tech Haven]

Search functionality in Messages is an abomination of both iOS and MacOS. Why can't I search a single user's thread - and have to search all messages? Why can't I specify a date range to search in? Why have we had over a decade of messages and there's been zero improvement here????????????????????

 

[DinkThifferent]

An overview in portrait mode in Calendar. It's the only reason I'm using Google Calendar over the built-in version. Calendar has not been touched since iOS7 and it's time for a complete overhaul.

 

[Shoju]

• Universal notifications - notifications clear from all devices when read on one

This. Can’t believe this hasn’t been fixed already…

 

[d_an_2014]

1. Mail App improvements for better business use
2. Keep iMessages as unread when peaking with a hard press.

 

[sdf]

I agree ☝️ but I want Apple to heavily focus on the living issues currently instead of delaying it and ignoring it.

I don't know that Apple's process allows that. The .0 releases like 16.0 seem to be feature locked so far ahead of time that fixes almost have to wait for a .0.1.

I think they should change the process, but I'm armchair quarterbacking here.

 

[TimFL1]

Who wants RCS Support for Messages. ?

People with non-Apple contacts.

 

[FyrStrike]

Oh, and about the keyboard:
1. Remove the dot key or move it, when typing in the search bar in a browser.
2. Predicted words that appear on top of each letter typed, instead of on the top row (Blackberry had it at some point).
3. And about notifications: Unified messaging center to see and quick reply all messaging apps and Email.

I.have.the.same.problem.with.the.dot.key …

 

[Infinite Vortex]

Always On Display… but I have the feeling that I'm more likely to get monkeypox. ?

 

[Kylo83]

we will get more features no one uses for a year lol I pray this is a big update

 

[bassrocker204]

just 3 things
1. better battery runtime: would be awesome if every major OS update added more battery life instead of slightly decreasing it. Considering that batteries are all consumables, if you somehow optimized the software to be more energy efficient you can offset the noticeable decrease in battery runtime as the phone ages. Resulting in less battery servicing and less e-waste overall.
2. faster performance: this is kind of related with #1, Apple claims they don't intentionally slow down devices with major software updates, but they don't deny they do so unintentionally. It doesn't take a computer scientist to figure out new, poorly optimized software runs slower on older hardware. Have you ever seen comparisons between older iPhones running their original out of box iOS vs. the latest supported one? The difference in speed and responsiveness are huge.
3. improved usability: as phone screens are getting bigger, iOS has done little to optimize the UI and UX to better take advantage of the larger screen size. Another issue is the phone simply becoming unusable one handed since they place important UI elements on top. I think most of the usability issue stems from software, and the real challenge is how do you make interface easier to use w/o making it ugly?

More new things means more things running means more battery and more resources consumed

 

[LV426]

Setting to block calls from withheld numbers. I know there are hacks, but you shouldn't have to jump through hoops to do this. It's 2022.

Option to soft-start alarms. Nobody likes being rudely awakened by an aggressive phone.

 

[whsbuss]

How about a tool to reduce the System Data seen in the iPhone storage that grows so large and is unmanageable.

 

[antiprotest]

I want to see the return of skeuomorphic design and the complete elimination of flat design.

Fingers crossed to finally get that rotary dial in the phone app.