iOS 19 Rumored to Feature Redesigned Camera App Inspired by visionOS

[MacRumors]

iOS 19 will feature a redesigned Camera app inspired by visionOS, according to a new video from Jon Prosser, host of the YouTube channel Front Page Tech.

A re-created render of iOS 19's redesigned Camera app (Credit: Front Page Tech)​

Prosser obtained video of the alleged new Camera app, but he elected to share his own re-created images to protect his sources. The images reveal that the app will allegedly gain translucent menus for various camera controls, with the design of these menus looking very similar to the visionOS interface on the Apple Vision Pro headset.

The camera controls are split into photo and video categories, with options for recording spatial video, turning on a timer for a photo, and more. Additional controls for video resolution and frame rate pop over at the top of the screen as necessary.

Overall, the new design has a cleaner aesthetic, with more of the Camera app's viewfinder visible on the screen compared to iOS 18.

A previous rumor indicated that iOS 18 would feature a visionOS-like redesign, but that never happened. An alleged screenshot of the Camera app with translucent menus even leaked a few months after that initial rumor, but it appeared to be fake. In the end, perhaps these are changes that Apple was working on for iOS 19 instead.

It is possible the visionOS-like design changes could extend to other iOS 19 interfaces and built-in apps, but this is purely speculation. For example, Prosser visualized the translucent design extending to Home Screen widgets.

iOS 19 should be announced at WWDC 2025 in June, and released in September.

Article Link: iOS 19 Rumored to Feature Redesigned Camera App Inspired by visionOS

 

[Kottu]

It's not a new UI which the customers want. Just give all the functions like the third party apps do.

 

[mansplains]

The only change I’d like to see for camera currently is faster rotation. The gyroscope knows I’m holding the phone sideways, yet the camera remains upright until I rotate back and forth.

 

[xiJulian_]

Just no. We saw what happened the last time they tried this with the Photos app.

 

[swrobel]

Don't believe Prosser for a minute

 

[Zerlina]

wont believe it until we get it.

 

[dannyyankou]

I would like that change a lot. It seems better than swiping through the different camera styles one by one.

 

[TigerNike23]

Hold on a second. It gets a new UI and keeps support of all iOS 18-supported iPhones?

 

[Andres Cantu]

Personally, I've always liked the look of translucent elements in OS's, like Windows Vista/7. If that comes to iOS, at least it will change it up.

Then again, the larger the changes, the more possible bugs...

 

[Kylo83]

I think the whole look and features will be very minor because they have the whole iOS team working on the Apple intelligence features and even delayed iOS 19 features because they are behind. I do wish we got a complete re design

 

[adammusic]

JUST PLEASE GOD BRING THE PERMANENT ON FLASH TOGGLE BACK TO THE TOP LEFT OFF/AUTO FLASH TOGGLE!!

Top left flash icon used to toggle between Auto/On/Off.
Now its just Auto/Off.
So when i need flash ON, i have to swipe up to get the tray, which sometimes triggers exposure.
Nightmare

 

[Kylo83]

It was only last year we got dark icons and tinted which I hate so they can’t go and do a complete redesign now

 

[hieranonymous]

I’d totally forgotten Jon Prosser even existed.

 

[ThomasJL]

So it looks like iOS 19 will still be flat design. What a joke! If that tasteless and clueless CEO Tim Cook hadn't fired the visionary Scott Forstall, we'd still have the most innovative and user-friendly skeuomorphic design today. But instead, we're stuck with this Microsoft-pioneered monstrosity known as flat design. Leave it to Clueless Cook to allow Apple to copy Microsoft.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

That's cool.

Now let me disable camera access while the phone is locked.

Thanks.

 

[Belisama]

It's not a new UI which the customers want. Just give all the functions like the third party apps do.

It's not a new UI which the customers want. Just give a longer battery life.

 

[Belisama]

I’d totally forgotten Jon Prosser even existed.

Who is Jon Prosser ???

 

[scrapesleon]

About time the the os start using the Vision Pro design language

 

[jz0309]

Prosser? yea, a reliable "leaker" /s

I can wait til June to find out, initial reaction -WHY?

 

[ReliableSource]

Jon Prosser… now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time

 

[FasterQuieter]

JUST PLEASE GOD BRING THE PERMANENT ON FLASH TOGGLE BACK TO THE TOP LEFT OFF/AUTO FLASH TOGGLE!!

Top left flash icon used to toggle between Auto/On/Off.
Now its just Auto/Off.
So when i need flash ON, i have to swipe up to get the tray, which sometimes triggers exposure.
Nightmare

On the very rare occasion I want the flash, I have forgotten how to access it and need to Google. I also stopped changing wallpapers on my iPhone 2 years or so ago when they made that unnecessarily complicated. All so very un-Apple-like.

 

[WilliApple]

Im okay with the visionOS design if the layout is not that...
Im fine with blurs on the bottom if they keep the layout the same.

 

[miiwtoo]

much better visionOS with a correct price (aka Vision Pro) 🤷‍♂️

 

[Kar98]

JUST PLEASE GOD BRING THE PERMANENT ON FLASH TOGGLE BACK TO THE TOP LEFT OFF/AUTO FLASH TOGGLE!!

Top left flash icon used to toggle between Auto/On/Off.
Now its just Auto/Off.
So when i need flash ON, i have to swipe up to get the tray, which sometimes triggers exposure.
Nightmare

Hold down the ⚡️ icon for a moment and then make your selection.

 

[citysnaps]

Making tons of photographs with my 16PM and previous iPhones, I'm looking forward to seeing and using the new camera app.