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iOS 27 Wishlist

iOS 27
  • Dynamic wallpapers like in Mac OS
  • Changes to the Stocks App. I would love for it to include new tabs that show global currencies, crypto rates, a currency convertor and a way to view my portfolio.
  • Allow old iPhone wallpapers to be downloaded like on the Mac. It would be even better if they were updated to be dynamic.
  • A more detailed transaction history in the Wallet App, similar to Apple Card.
  • A new icon set - Coloured glyphs on a liquid glass background
  • Better understanding of active subscriptions using Apple intelligence.
  • App Library overall or removal
  • Automated Memoji for contact images based on photos
  • Removal of the white lines around icons or at least an option to disable.
  • Bring back the classic Photos app layout

CarPlay
  • Custom wallpaper
  • Widgets on the homescreen
  • Apple Maps favourites that we can manually input and quickly access (4-5 options)
 
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Lounge vibes 05 said:
Yep, just checked, he never once said that liquid glass was an “apple innovation”.
Literally, the only thing he said was that it was a “beautiful new design” and nothing more. Nice try though…
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Meaning Apple copied from the Chinese...after all, Apple can't make their own phones... ;)
 
Literally only three things are coming to mind.
1: the search bar moved to the bottom of the app library, just like every other application with the new design language. It’s the one search bar that for some reason stays at the top, let’s fix that.
2: the ability to import things from the Files app into Music and TV. iOS 26 added the ability to import ringtones from files into the ringtone section of settings, so hopefully this functionality is on the way.
3: the iTunes Store moved into the music app like it is on the Mac, and the basically dormant iTunes Store app (that’s basically been broken for the last two years) finally removed.

Outside of those relatively tiny improvements, I don’t really have any complaints with iOS these days, it’s pretty feature rich and easily extendable.
Oh, and obviously bug fixes and improvements for anyone experiencing those, but I personally haven’t been. iOS has been rock solid this cycle on my end. macOS on the other hand… Has not.
 
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Matsamoto said:
2 the stupid tap/touch in the top of the iPhone and the phone scrolls all the way up to the top of the webpage.
This happens to me several times a day.
Imagine you reading comments here on MR and you accidentally trigger the scroll back to the top!
Good luck to try find where you were reading…
It’s stupidity on another level.
Give me a choice to either enable or disable it at least.
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It would be nice if the Back gesture could undo that.

Related: Scrolling acceleration when manually scrolling doesn't go very far on iOS. Android doesn't have the scroll-to-the-top feature, which at first I missed, but scrolling large amounts is so much faster there that you still get to the top very quickly. Scrolling on iOS feels super slow in comparison on a very long page. I wish it was as fast as on Android.
 
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chmania said:
If your iPhone requires Face ID to unlock the screen, why does it open in your pocket and run apps on its own? This means anyone could put your phone in their pocket and access your data. If Apple can't prevent that, ...hmmm
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Accessing the camera from the lock screen doesn't require unlocking, and this can't be turned off.
 
Something like this, with no camera bump.

Screenshot 2025-10-18 at 14.46.26.jpg

I cut out the names, but you can easily recognise the phones on both sides, maybe not the one in the middle.

And, liquid cooling...

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I’m guessing that it would be a cold day in hell before we ever see unified volume controls so that we don’t have to dumpster dive into settings or wait for situational control over certain sound volumes. It’s a basic feature that I’ve missed since switching back to iOS from Android six years ago. Fragmentation of the location of settings has been an ongoing thing. The settings menu has had some overhauls but more improvements are still needed.
 
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- Let us toggle on an advanced mode (Activity Monitor, Network Monitor, Terminal etc.).
- Higher RAM ceiling, rework the OS and APIs to understand the RAM on the particular iPad and delegate its use based on that (like a real computer)
- Xcode, and allow proper IDEs and things like Git
- Introduce a high tier developer account that allows developers to do whatever the hell they want with the system, presuming it’s thoroughly checked and approved by Apple - e.g. VMs, data science / git needing terminal access.
- App Refresh fixes… repeated because it’s the main thing totally ruining the otherwise amazing window system we got even on amazing hardware iPads with 16GB RAM that is essentially ornamental
 
As someone who has to listen to podcasts to go to sleep, I'd love a feature where, once my Apple Watch realises I'm in a deep sleep, it pauses the podcasts playing on my iPhone.

I know I could set a timer, but sometimes it stops as I'm lightly falling asleep, and the abrupt silence wakes me up again.
 
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I want proper Bluetooth control.

I want to be able to force some apps to never, EVER initiate Bluetooth. (Games primarily, but not exclusively.)

I want to be able to force browsers to “ask me every time” before initiating Bluetooth.

Now, I have Bluetooth hearing aids. They are paired to my phone so I can make and receive phone calls, as well as play music and watch videos.

When a Bluetooth connection is initiated my hearing aids reduce the sound I hear around me, expecting an audio stream (phone call, video, song).

The MASSIVE PROBLEM is when Bluetooth is triggered when it shouldn’t be. Games with audio muted and sound effects muted still initiate a Bluetooth connection. Random websites which are NOT visibly playing a video initiate a Bluetooth connection. All the while it’s like my hearing aids are basically switched off. It’s a huge safety concern.

Switching Bluetooth off “until I need it” is a pain in the arse and not acceptable. Apple should fix their ****** software.

Incidentally if you have Bluetooth headphones you probably get the same thing, draining the battery faster than it otherwise would drain – you’re just not aware because you have normal hearing and your headphones don’t alter sound in the same way hearing aids do.
 
chmania said:
Check info on HyperOS 3.0 on Youtube, and you might find much more options to wish for.
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They should be totally embarrassed and ashamed at how much they copied iOS. Full stop.

In saying that.. I can’t blame the engineers. Their government is forcing them to do it. I suppose if my life and family was at threat for showing hesitation etc… I’d be forced into it as well. Hopefully that crap stays banned in as many territories as possible. Hopefully India and other nations can completely steal the thunder away from the CCP.
 
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iPhones now have 8GB and 12GB of RAM but it doesn't feel like it. Apple should, as well as app developers, optimize their apps to use as little memory as possible while keeping the same functionality.

Apple should not just compress but totally reduce the space used by their OS, and that would only be possible if they optimize it enough to use as little resource as possible.

This is not just for iOS 27 but for every new release.
 
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