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iOS 18 Potentially 'Biggest' Software Update in iPhone's History
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From the lock screen you can swipe left and open the camera also. Right now, if you have the newest iPhone, there are four ways to access the camera from the lock screen: the icon on the bottom right, swipe to the left, control centre, and the action button. It really is overkill.
I just can’t wait until they redesign the look of the OS like they did in iOS 7
Considering how low the bar got these days, this will probably be some AI Siri integration and a few cosmetic changes... and it will be called the biggest and the best EVER! Also, will probably not be supported by anything older than iPhone 12 series.
the flashlight is more annoying than the camera shortcut, it's so easy to activate it just by holding the phone
Do you have haptics and vibrate on silent enabled?
You are absolutely right about the Settings app. Home screen already got a new life with widgets imo.
Honestl, no they don’t. IIRC, last year, the leaks were telling us that it would have been a minor update for iOS 17
I could consider bringing back the iOS 6 look a big upgrade... Also, allow users to choose with icons only or icons plus widgets... And remove App Library...
Apple was very early with Siri but it’s hard to overstate how much they messed it up. Apple doesn’t fail often but when they do, they really do fail hard. Siri is crap, truly crap. Chat GPT is better than Siri at everything and in every way. Siri has been unloved st dea in the water for a decade and it feel likes like chatGPT is only just getting started. For an update to impressive, Apple would have to surpass this by not only equalling everything chatGPT can do but also do it in an Apple way with deep integration in to their systems. If anyone can do it, Apple can. the question is, will they?
From the article of Gurman:
- A revamped version of Siri that is more intelligent and able to take advantage of a new AI system that incorporates large language model technology
- AI integration in the Messages app that can “field questions and auto-complete sentences”
- New AI features for Apple Music to create “auto-generated playlists”
- Integrating generative AI into iWork apps, including Keynote and Pages
- Adding generative AI features to Xcode to let developers “write new applications more quickly
- Basically what Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, or Bixby already do since years.
- Basically what Chat GPT and Google do since 1 year.
- Basically what Spotify does since years.
- Basically what Google G Suite offers since years.
- Basically what GitHub Autopilot Code offers since years.
For real. The AI text system is so bad. Too often it inserts the word I want to say in the middle of a typo’s word. It’s infuriating. Not a fan of the change. To me the best keyboard is the original.
Edit: as I was typing it was changing the entire paragraph. But of course, it’s now stopped so I can’t screen record it. Sigh. Freaking garbage Apple.
Desperately need some massive updates to the Photo editor. It looks great if it was 2016. Google and Samsung have released some really awesome AI features for photos, videos and audio; Apple really needs to play catch up here.
This doesn't sound like a big update to me at all... RCS could just be enabled on the backend and who ACTUALLY wants their devices to be infiltrated by AI? I know I don't.
There seems to be a bug with the comment box on MR in general. Sometimes the sentence I just wrote is suddenly gone after I hit post reply (but shows it again when I click edit) or it just shows the same sentence I just wrote again and my actual words are gone. It’s weird
That is most likely one of the most features of the phone, second to the flashlight.
Thank god for the EU getting us USB-C and RCS and thank god for OpenAI finally pushing Apple to fix Siri.
'Can't innovate anymore, my ass'
RCS and improved Siri are going to be significant changes, but I really wish they would add a number row to the keyboard. I know that will probably never, ever happen...
I wonder if they ever will at this point. I think the iOS 7 "look" and color choices have become so "iconic" that there may be no changing it.
I wonder if they ever will at this point. I think the iOS 7 "look" and color choices have become so "iconic" that there may be no changing it.
I'm thinking iPhone 11 and above, although I'm hoping for iPhone XS/XR and above. iPhone SE 2020 will also be supported.
Let’s be real, there’s no way it’ll be anything as big as the jump from iOS 6 to iOS 7… All this promises are new bugs & annoyances.
They said that about 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.
As to their iphones, I would like to see Apple:
1. Bring back the Fade-In button for the alarms so the alarms can little by little get louder. Do the same with phone calls.
2. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous. At the very least add a "Clear All" button that comes up immediately, even if there's only one notification.
3. Apple needs to change that when you tap on the phone notifications WILL NOT automatically dial back whoever called. It needs to only go into the phone app just like it does on all other apps.
All other notifications take you to the app that is notifying you.
Be consistent Apple. People are constantly dialing back spam and robo callers.
4. make it possible to dismiss Calendar and any notification from any app if you're in another app.
This goes for Calendar, News, Timers...whatever the app, you shouldn't have to go to the lock screen or be forced to tap the notification to get into the app sending it in order to simply dismiss a notification if you're in another app when it comes in just put a dismiss button there and it should be gone.
5. give us an LED visual on the front of the phone for notifications in addition to sound and vibration. Allow us to change the colors of the LED light based on what the notification app is.
The fine folks who like things the way they are can just leave this off and everything will be as is.
6. bring back the same intensity (or more) of the haptic feedback as it was when iOS 16 was first released.
Ever since then Apple has been reducing it to a point where you can barely even feel it.
Why not just make it possible for people to adjust the haptic feedback.
Right now it's almost imperceptible.
Those who are concerned with battery or simply don't like haptic feedback can leave it off.
7. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps and settings and not this general thing they're doing.
Separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume, You Tube, notifications, emails.
I, for example, would love for the keyboard clicks and the lock sounds to be much louder than they are in relations with the rest of the volume in the phone and without it affecting the volume on the entire phone or the ring and notifications volume. It's silly of Apple to force it to be like this.
8. add suggestions from the address book as you start entering a phone number.
9. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color etc.
10. make it possible to schedule a text message to be sent at a certain time/date. This is a basic feature. Compose your message now and schedule it to be sent out when the time is right.
11. use an OS-wide clipboard to cut or copy multiple entries each ready to paste long pressing, at least the last 10 cut/copies should be possible. Also make cut and copy not expire until we, the users, clean it.
Also stop with the auto cleaning the cache, you should be able to copy text now and paste it tomorrow if you want to.
12. in Mail give us the option to NOT go to the next email when you are deleting an email but to go back to the inbox. Those who want to keep things the way they are should be able to turn this feature off.
13. make it possible to move the icons on the desktop anywhere you want to.
14. make it absolutely mandatory for app makers that they have to have a swipe from left to right in EVERY app throughout the app to navigate back. Having a tiny arrow button at the top left to go back and being able to swype back in other apps is pure nuts.
15. and my goodness Apple... allow us to cancel snooze before it comes on if we want to, and make it possible to have any snooze time we want in the alarm. Not just 9 minutes.
As to their iphones, I would like to see Apple:
1. Bring back the Fade-In button for the alarms so the alarms can little by little get louder. Do the same with phone calls.
2. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous. At the very least add a "Clear All" button that comes up immediately, even if there's only one notification.
3. Apple needs to change that when you tap on the phone notifications WILL NOT automatically dial back whoever called. It needs to only go into the phone app just like it does on all other apps.
All other notifications take you to the app that is notifying you.
Be consistent Apple. People are constantly dialing back spam and robo callers.
4. make it possible to dismiss Calendar and any notification from any app if you're in another app.
This goes for Calendar, News, Timers...whatever the app, you shouldn't have to go to the lock screen or be forced to tap the notification to get into the app sending it in order to simply dismiss a notification if you're in another app when it comes in just put a dismiss button there and it should be gone.
5. give us an LED visual on the front of the phone for notifications in addition to sound and vibration. Allow us to change the colors of the LED light based on what the notification app is.
The fine folks who like things the way they are can just leave this off and everything will be as is.
6. bring back the same intensity (or more) of the haptic feedback as it was when iOS 16 was first released.
Ever since then Apple has been reducing it to a point where you can barely even feel it.
Why not just make it possible for people to adjust the haptic feedback.
Right now it's almost imperceptible.
Those who are concerned with battery or simply don't like haptic feedback can leave it off.
7. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps and settings and not this general thing they're doing.
Separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume, You Tube, notifications, emails.
I, for example, would love for the keyboard clicks and the lock sounds to be much louder than they are in relations with the rest of the volume in the phone and without it affecting the volume on the entire phone or the ring and notifications volume. It's silly of Apple to force it to be like this.
8. add suggestions from the address book as you start entering a phone number.
9. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color etc.
10. make it possible to schedule a text message to be sent at a certain time/date. This is a basic feature. Compose your message now and schedule it to be sent out when the time is right.
11. use an OS-wide clipboard to cut or copy multiple entries each ready to paste long pressing, at least the last 10 cut/copies should be possible. Also make cut and copy not expire until we, the users, clean it.
Also stop with the auto cleaning the cache, you should be able to copy text now and paste it tomorrow if you want to.
12. in Mail give us the option to NOT go to the next email when you are deleting an email but to go back to the inbox. Those who want to keep things the way they are should be able to turn this feature off.
13. make it possible to move the icons on the desktop anywhere you want to.
14. make it absolutely mandatory for app makers that they have to have a swipe from left to right in EVERY app throughout the app to navigate back. Having a tiny arrow button at the top left to go back and being able to swype back in other apps is pure nuts.
15. and my goodness Apple... allow us to cancel snooze before it comes on if we want to, and make it possible to have any snooze time we want in the alarm. Not just 9 minutes.
Apple has an issue with hyperbolic statements. Everything is the “biggest”, “greatest”, “most advanced”, etc. They’ve also taken away the impact of words by overusing them
Apple's track record with Siri does not inspire confidence. I've ended up disabling it on my devices (which, of course, Apple makes a royal PITA to do). Ditto auto-complete. Gimmicky distractions. Not holding my breath that this will be any different.
10 years is about right as the last iOS they looked like a decent update was iOS 7. But no, I stuck with iOS for the time being, but I am often tempted to jump away from it.