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iOS 26: New Messages and Phone App Features Leaked Ahead of WWDC

Would be so cool to be able to set statuses for iMessage. So when someone goes to iMessage you, they can see you'll "be back in an hour" or "on vacation until X"

There's focus modes, but that's not as easy to setup on the fly
 
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Just want to be able to archive messages in iMessage and ability to bump messages like Facebook Messenger. Bump comes in incredibly handy, and archive so that I dont mistakenly click the wrong chat and send message to the wrong person. Having the ability to have custom background like Facebook messenger at least will help with that.
 
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sw1tcher said:
Looking forward to someone picking a background image that makes reading the text difficult
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Apple will make the choice of backgrounds fixed.

Each of them will be in exactly the same shade as green to make reading green bubbles impossible.
 
Uggh can we please just get a dialed (outgoing) calls list!?! We don't need any new half baked phone features until we have a simple dialed calls list ...then the iPhone would finally be up to par with my 1990s Nokia! 📲
 
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Rafagon said:
Apple is so unsure of itself lately that every new feature is made optional.

Too bad that Tim is still in charge. When is he retiring or being ousted, does anyone know?
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In Steve Jobs' time, Apple only gave the best user experience. And this was the Apple that everyone knew. Just Works!
 
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unbundle individual app updates from the iOS updates already! These types of updates could easily come via the App Store and most users wouldn’t even care.
 
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MacRumors said:
For the Phone app, Gurman said that iOS 26 will introduce a new view that combines favorite contacts, recent calls, and voicemails into a single, scrollable window. He said this new design will be optional, with users able to revert to the legacy interface.
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Making this new feature optional is very uncharacteristic of Apple (but definitely much appreciated)

The word ‘legacy’ has almost always been reserved for Windows, Android and other large user-base OSs so the fact that Apple has since changed and is now recognizing that users like (and want) options to enable personal choice and customization is definitely a much welcome sign

The thing that average users hate and complain about the most (with regards to software) is having design changes forced upon their devices and front-line Apple Store Geniuses can attest this notion this more than anyone at 🍎HQ

Getting as much feedback from the support reps whom handle (regular/average) users issues on a daily basis is more valuable than anything when it comes to the fact that modern software has essentially reached a ‘plateau’ and most changes are very much cosmetic in nature rather than revolutionary
 
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Customizing the messages app might be nice. As for the phone app, if all the changes are true, also hoping that there will be an option to go back to the previous design.
 
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So many features they could add to Messages / iMessage that brings it up to speed with competing apps, yet they choose to go with the most gimmicky gimmick crap you could imagine…

- Being able to leave group chats with 3 or less participants
- Group typing & read indicators
- Better inline reply UX
- Better search or at least search within single conversations
- Fix crappy Messages in iCloud sync so it doesn‘t take a decade to get up to speed, even when I press sync now (when I press sync now I want it to sync now, not in the next 50 minutes)
- Allow us to have different Caller IDs for individual contacts or contact lists (e.g. work contacts get a business one)
- More than 32 group chat participants since RCS has an universal default of 100 agreed on
 
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For the life of me, I cannot understand why people feel the need to save/archive messages and emails to the point where they have gb of data. Me, I never save any messages or emails unless it requires a follow up, has extreme sentimental value (such as a message thread from a deceased loved one) or for legal purposes. I thrive on inbox zero and as few digital archives as possible. Either way, wallpapers are coming.
 
Darn it! Every year I hope that Apple will add "hold for me" technology (like the pixel's) It is wonderful when you have to call some government agency that has hold times in days...:)
 
Rafagon said:
Apple is so unsure of itself lately that every new feature is made optional.

The new iPhone will have two fully functional modem chips. The Apple C2, but it's optional and you can switch it off and let the Qualcomm chip be in charge if the C2 fails to do the job.

Too bad that Tim is still in charge. When is he retiring or being ousted, does anyone know?
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Very unlikely as long as Apple has 1+ Billion active and repeat customers who love and purchase Apple products. Year after year after year.

And... Cook's doing an outstanding job managing Apple's direction and it's 164,000 employees.
 
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Can Apple quit with these little alterations and acting like they’re ground breaking features? Get some new software developers in there and clear house with its entire department, including its director. Apple used to stand for innovation, now it just stands for standing on the sidelines and doing nothing while the commotion sprints passed them.
 
SactoGuy18 said:
The likely other change in the Messages app in iOS 26 could be GSMA RCS Universal Profile 3.0 support. This means true end-to-end encryption text messaging to Android phones if the Google Messages app also supports Universal Profile 3.0.
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I have a better idea. How about instead of changing iOS, we changeover the entire staff so Google employees will work at Apple and vice versa. That way, we’ll also get Gemini instead of Crapple Intelligence! (All in favor of changing the name from Siri to Sorry, say AY!)
 
MacRumors said:


Apple is planning to announce several new features for the Messages and Phone apps on iOS 26, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

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In a lengthy report outlining his WWDC 2025 expectations today, Gurman said that the two main changes in the Messages app will be the ability to create polls, as well as the option to set a background image within a conversation.

9to5Mac was first to report that the Messages app would be gaining polls, allowing users to vote on questions and topics. It is a feature that has long existed in other popular messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram.

Background images would add a personalized flair to conversations, and Gurman said that the images will automatically sync across Apple devices.

The new Messages features should extend to iPadOS 26 and macOS 26.

For the Phone app, Gurman said that iOS 26 will introduce a new view that combines favorite contacts, recent calls, and voicemails into a single, scrollable window. He said this new design will be optional, with users able to revert to the legacy interface.

iOS 26 and other software updates will be announced during Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote, which begins on Monday, June 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time.

Article Link: iOS 26: New Messages and Phone App Features Leaked Ahead of WWDC
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Made an absolute mess of Mail and Photos and now going to ruin the Phone app.
 
I just want to be able to choose which eSIM number I'm sending a message from, that is all. It's insane that I cannot.
 
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I just want to be able to choose which eSIM number I'm sending a message from, that is all. It's insane that I cannot.
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My iPhone 15 PM has 2 eSIM's active at the same time and I just tried to send a message and after I selected who to send it too then I have a selector that allows me to change the sending SIM from primary or secondary???

Ps...I'm on iOS 18.5
 
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My iPhone 15 PM has 2 eSIM's active at the same time and I just tried to send a message and after I selected who to send it too then I have a selector that allows me to change the sending SIM from primary or secondary???

Ps...I'm on iOS 18.5
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Sorry I meant to say macOS, not iOS. I can't choose on macOS, even the latest build.
 
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