iOS 19 Rumored to Include These New Features for Your iPhone

[ab2c4]

It's the most obvious change from a distance since they changed the camera layout on the iPhone 11. That alone is enough to get people to upgrade for a phone that looks "different", which is what Apple wants.

Well it won't get me to upgrade since the 17 will be the same design since the iphone 12.

 

[jclardy]

As a developer, please just bring translucent widget backgrounds. Every user wants them, they are an incredible pain to implement, and an incredible pain for users to activate (Since you have to share you current wallpaper with the app trying to make transparent widgets.)

And generally they will just make home screens look better. Every widget has random colors, some support dark mode, some don't. Managing homescreens is a huge hassle in iOS currently.

 

[Tagbert]

Am I one of the only ones who doesn't want a Camera app redesign? I just can't imagine how they could redesign it and make it better. Maybe I'm just worried that they will change it too much and it will take some time to learn how to use again.

I’d like a camera UI change so it is not so easy to accidentally switch camera modes. It is too easy for the slightest touch to switch out of Photo mode to Video, Portrait, or Spatial, or other modes. Also, no more accidental Live photos.

 

[darkpaw]

That is the rat trap Apple has fallen into because they have no software strategy and no leadership.

Apple's strategy, 4 weeks before the keynote decide what to include, then spend the next year trying to get it done. Apple software development is fundamentally broken at this point.

Well, I doubt you have knowledge of their internal practices, so am guessing you're just being subjective.

Their software development is not "fundamentally broken at this point". They deliver multiple operating systems every year, plus multiple hardware models that use that software. And they design the silicon they use in their hardware, which enables new and enhanced software features.

You can't say they don't know how to code, or that their development is broken, because it's just not true.

 

[MobiusStrip]

As a developer, please just bring translucent widget backgrounds. Every user wants them

Go back to 2005 and wallow in failed, asinine "translucent" UI. What a dumb gimmick. The last thing users "want" is a background of blotchy crap obscuring the text and controls in the UI they're trying to use. Major detraction, zero benefit.

 

[LlamaLarry]

The 15 doesn't have Apple Intelligence, only the 15 Pro does.

Wow, didn't realize it was not across the both 15 series. I have an ancient 12PM still and keep waiting for something to make me pull out my wallet. I did upgrade my wife's 12PM to 16PM to get her the new cameras.

 

[Tagbert]

Wow, didn't realize it was not across the both 15 series. I have an ancient 12PM still and keep waiting for something to make me pull out my wallet. I did upgrade my wife's 12PM to 16PM to get her the new cameras.

In 2020 when the 15 series specs were likely locked down, the idea of running AI on your phone was not a serious consideration. For whatever reason, Apple decided to put 6GB of RAM in the base model 15’s 8GB of RAM in the Pros. When Apple unveiled A.I. they revealed that it required a device with 8GB minimum to run effectively. That meant that they only had one device that could run A.I. Oopsie.

 

[randomthoughts]

Update: Gurman has since said that the more conversational Siri has been delayed, possibly until iOS 20.

Everyone that bought an iPhone 16 because Apple showed off Apple Intelligence at WWDC, Apple said what was shown would be in iOS 18, and we all saw the iPhone 16 advertising with the emphasis on Apple Intelligence (with the headline “Hello, Apple Intelligence,” we should all join in a class action lawsuit.

We now see Visual Intelligence now being back ported to iPhone 15 Pro, which was an iPhone 16 exclusive feature.

I feel like I’ve been had. I would have not upgraded and just wanted for the iPhone 17 or 18 at this point.

Will my iPhone 16 Pro even support the new conversational Siri in iOS 20?! If it does not and I *have* to buy another new phone to get conversational Siri, then I was ripped off. We all were.

 

[nt5672]

Well, I doubt you have knowledge of their internal practices, so am guessing you're just being subjective.

Their software development is not "fundamentally broken at this point". They deliver multiple operating systems every year, plus multiple hardware models that use that software. And they design the silicon they use in their hardware, which enables new and enhanced software features.

You can't say they don't know how to code, or that their development is broken, because it's just not true.

What faulty logic.

First hardware is not software.

2nd you've provided no explanation for my current Apple software is so bug ridden that it is becoming unusable. For example, mail won't automatically renew certbot certificates when the current certificate expires. For example, there are a number of macOS views that are now fixed iPad size and as a result cut off information that is needed to use the view. Mail on macOS routinely won't show new messages that have been downloaded.

Just because it is delivered does not mean that it works correctly. Safari crashes or hangs on major websites daily, and no I don't have any extensions installed. Firefox works fine on the same websites. Mail routinely fails to apply rules.

Xcode or its support daemons crash at least a dozen times per day. This is on brand new hardware that is not used for anything except development.

The only way you could have this view is if you really don't use iOS or macOS for anything significant.

In our iOS code we have dozens of workarounds because Apple API just don't work or don't conform to the API. Often Apple does not even take the time to explain its APIs.

Don't get me started on the bad thermal design of M4 Pro Mini where it sits with all low power cores running at 100% and never touches the performance cores. Or where all cores on my M4 Pro mini are at 100% and it takes longer to perform the same task that my i9 MacBook Pro will do in 3/4s the time.

BTW these issues which are just off the top of my head are all on Sequoia 15.3.1 or iOS 18.3.1.

 

[darkpaw]

What faulty logic.

First hardware is not software.

Yes, well done. I said they create hardware that uses that software, pointing out that they are a massive company that can handle multiple things at once, and they still successfully release hardware & software that works together.

2nd you've provided no explanation for my current Apple software is so bug ridden that it is becoming unusable.

How would I know that your Apple software is bug-ridden?

For example, mail won't automatically renew certbot certificates when the current certificate expires.

Have you spoken to the Certbot people about it?

For example, there are a number of macOS views that are now fixed iPad size and as a result cut off information that is needed to use the view.

Which views? If they annoy you so much, why not report the bug? https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/

Mail on macOS routinely won't show new messages that have been downloaded.

Is it a specific provider? Is it POP3 or IMAP? Have you tried on a new user account?

Just because it is delivered does not mean that it works correctly.

All software has bugs. I do my best to report them to Apple so they are aware of them and they can fix them.

Safari crashes or hangs on major websites daily, and no I don't have any extensions installed. Firefox works fine on the same websites.

I don't experience this. Safari, for me, hasn't crashed in years. Which websites make it crash? Do you have steps to reproduce it? What's the spec of your Mac? How many tabs do you have open?

Mail routinely fails to apply rules.

Again, try a new rule or try on a new user account. I rebuilt a few of my rules a few years ago because they didn't work, and I've had no issues with them since.

Xcode or its support daemons crash at least a dozen times per day. This is on brand new hardware that is not used for anything except development.

Got the crash logs? Tried to figure out what's causing it? Have you reinstalled Xcode?

The only way you could have this view is if you really don't use iOS or macOS for anything significant.

Well, that;s just rude. I'm also an iOS Developer, and I simply don't experience the issues you do. You should raise them as bugs so they get fixed. Or you can not raise them, and continue to grumble about them?

In our iOS code we have dozens of workarounds because Apple API just don't work or don't conform to the API. Often Apple does not even take the time to explain its APIs.

I know, and I have raised issues about this with Apple before. There are some APIs that don't do what they say, or do things that they don't tell you. For example, the APIs for creating a notification. If you add an image as an attachment it adds it but it also deletes the original file. That's an important action that it doesn't tell you about. Because it's so destructive, I raised a bug with Apple, and either the API will be changed, or the documentation will. But you see, I told them about it, and I hope they fix it; I didn't just sit back and grumble about it.

Don't get me started on the bad thermal design of M4 Pro Mini where it sits with all low power cores running at 100% and never touches the performance cores. Or where all cores on my M4 Pro mini are at 100% and it takes longer to perform the same task that my i9 MacBook Pro will do in 3/4s the time.

I won't; I have no experience of those machines.