iOS 19 to Have Some of the 'Biggest' Design Changes in iPhone's History

[MacRumors]

Apple is planning some of the "biggest iOS and macOS redesigns in its history," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman reiterated that iOS 19 will have a visionOS-like design with more transparent interfaces:

The new interfaces will adopt the design principles introduced in visionOS, the software for Apple's Vision Pro headset. That includes greater transparency and new types of windows and buttons — and that should make all Apple devices feel more consistent and familiar.

iOS 19's more transparent design has already been leaked for the Camera app, and the new look will likely extend to notifications and more.

The visionOS-like design changes have been rumored by three sources so far, so there is a good chance that this rumor is true.

Similar design changes are coming to the iPad and Mac with iPadOS 19 and macOS 16, respectively, according to Gurman.

He previously said the iOS 19 design changes will be the biggest since iOS 7.

Apple should announce iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 in June, with the first developer beta to follow shortly after the keynote. The software update will be released to the general public in September, alongside the iPhone 17 series.

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[Kyle crane]

Man this **** is said before every new iOS release

And all we get is a buggy unstable release

Just look at how poor iOS 18 is
Where is the polish which iOS carried for all these years??

 

[jz0309]

Cool, can’t wait til Sep/oct for the actual release…

 

[winxmac]

Enough with Gurman already! He's never a credible source. Always changes statements until go time.

 

[Lerxt]

Can I just have notifications for mail work correctly instead?

 

[John Connor]

If you struggle to innovate, I suppose you can always make cosmetic changes. And no doubt some more emoji.

 

[pischu12]

Truthfully ( please ) new design changes is not what the goal should be? May I kindly suggest :

1) Battery efficiency excellence ---> Battery lasting one week
2) Storage efficiency excellence-----> Programs taking less space for the same function.
3) Processing efficiency excellence----> Apps running leaner & faster vs faster chips repeatedly.
4) Security efficiency excellence .

With much appreciation and incredible respect for the people who write code & engineers out there !!!!!

 

[ricketysquire]

Ah yes, IOS Vista Aero Glass

 

[Kylo83]

Plz since the iPhone X let us just hide the annoying home bar and make the keyboard layout better take the . Away as I always use it when typing

 

[fumi2014]

Move the chairs and table around yet again.

 

[komuh]

We need MacOS 12 like update for IOS, both systems are getting more unstable with every release

 

[nfl46]

Let me guess, they will pull the redesign at the last minute according to unnamed sources and will focus on “stability” instead…

 

[goodthymes]

Ah yes, IOS Vista Aero Glass

Better than the all flat-everything mess that iOS is now, no?

 

[notkenny]

The Apple Sports app menu is almost identical to the ios 19 mockups. Same frosted glass, floating look similiar to Vision Pro.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

In the podcasts he’s been on this week, Gurman makes it sound a lot more like the transition from platinum to Aqua than iOS 6 to 7, especially for the Mac and iPad.

Almost begs the question, is the traditional Springboard’s and/or the Mac desktop’s days numbered?
Is the Mac title bar about to be replaced with the bottom bar that the VP has?
Alternatively, is the iPad finally going to switch to the traffic light method of closing the windows?

 

[emmab2006]

would love for this to come to MacOS as well, but this crap is said every single time before WWDC so i will believe it when i see it !

 

[Trausner]

A true redesign… dual app support with Stage Manager Lite & true external Display support!

 

[UliBaer]

Well, more graphical gimmicks like transparency mean more battery consumption for pleasing the eye.
I would prefer they first fix iOS 18 before starting to hallucinate about iOS 19 though...

 

[Premium1]

Can I just have notifications for mail work correctly instead?

Apple- Best we can do is some transparent UI elements lol (and they will only work 65% of the time).

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

A direct quote from Gurman on TWIT:
“In apples modern history, this will be the biggest update to iPad software and iPhone software, and for the Mac the biggest update since the introduction of Mac OS X 20 years ago on the Mac.”

 

[uiterlix]

If you can’t get Siri any smarter than Clippy, just dazzle your customers with some new emoticons and design changes…

 

[CTHarrryH]

Personally, I care a lot more what my phone does than what it looks like.

 

[MacMediaNet]

I am afraid that this iOS redesign will be even worse than redeisign from iOS 6 to iOS 7.

 

[Cervisia]

If it changes so much that I'll have to relearn how the system works, then it might be the time to jump ship for a foldable android.

 

[mikedis]

dont they say this every year