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iOS 27 Wishlist

HouseLannister said:
  • A functional digital assistant
  • Choice of 3rd party AI - Gemini, Claude, Perplexity integrations
  • An actual icon picker
  • Custom launcher support or, at minimum, some kind of theme support
  • Settings to tune animation speed (iPhones feel so slow compared to Android just because of the animations)
  • An actual dock on iOS--more than 4 icons, magnification, auto-hide, short swipe from bottom to bring it up while staying within your current app
  • Notification history
  • Clipboard history
  • Encrypted RCS and the ability to edit RCS chats
  • Denser homescreen. Smaller icons, more columns and rows
  • Toggle for App Library to be the alpha sort by default instead of an additional gesture
  • Make the App Library alpha sort flow like the watchOS list view
  • Ability to rename/remove app category names in App Library and move apps between categories
  • Ability to rename apps (e.g. make Pocket Casts "Podcasts" and Inoreader "Feeds")
  • Split-screen apps on iOS
  • Ability to set a color for notification dots that override clear or tinted icons so there is a bit of pop to make them more noticeable
  • Get rid of the silly jelly wiggle when editing the home screen
  • Turn off the annoying waveform animation in dynamic island
  • Dynamic island press action defaulted to the long-press action like it always should have been
  • Put the + button for a new calendar event in the bottom right so it matches the UI of the Reminders app (consistency!)
  • Ability to edit icons for Safari Favorites
  • Copy the Circle to Search gesture on Android (might remove Type to Siri, but it's a much better way to use that bottom area for a gesture - and much better than highlighting in a screenshot)
  • A swipe gesture on icons or an additional long press option to open an app's widget as a floating window instead of launching the app
  • Bring Dark Sky UI back as the new Weather app
  • Get rid of Liquid Glass (I know I won't get it, but this is my wishlist)
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Some good ideas there, like icon picker, custom launcher support (I believe they actually did add support for third party launcher apps in the App Store guidelines under iOS 17 or 18, it’s just none have really popped up yet), better dock like on iPadOS, notification history, clipboard history, more manual options for App Library, split screen apps for iOS, and custom icons for Safari Favorites. I like those ideas. 👍🏻

But I am strongly against getting rid of Liquid Glass, Liquid Glass is awesome! And luckily, I believe you are right that that is not going to happen. 🙂👍🏻
 
iPadOS 27:

  • Some improvements to extended display support such as clamshell mode (I don’t really care about this, but others do, so I’m including it), Control Center displayed on extended display when clicked on the extended display, and ability to save customized wallpaper and widget configurations for extended displays.
  • Improved Apple Intelligence features with deeper system integration and more Siri Shortcuts actions and automations.
  • Multiple user accounts/ guest mode. I also don’t personally care much about this, but it’s an often requested feature, and could be useful for those who wish to provide curated access to their devices for children and such with a combo of age appropriate apps and restrictions.
  • Manual eject option for external storage drives in Files. This would give some users greater peace of mind when disconnecting storage drives from the iPad. And it could also potentially allow for dynamic caching between the drive and the computer to enhance performance.
  • Continued enhancements and iteration for the Liquid Glass UI, perhaps with additional theming options.
  • Automatic or manual controller mapping for games that don’t currently support controllers. Essentially either automatically mapping on-screen controls to physical gamepads, and/or providing a manual system for users to map such controls. This would be a big improvement for gaming with an extend display.
  • Better keyboard shortcut customization for the system and for third-party app functions. Since the new Siri will likely be able to access individual features within apps at some point, this could be tied to that functionality, providing full keyboard shortcut customization for triggering app functions. But aside from that, just a unified system for customization of app keyboard shortcuts that apps could tap into would be good. 👍🏻
  • Font Book app. Or at least the functionality of Font Book within the Settings app. Good alternatives like iFont do exist, but a better first-party font installation system that allows simple downloading of fonts from the web would be better. And also Font Book’s font categorization and organization functionality would be great for creatives using the iPad. 👍🏻
  • Enhanced Spotlight features including system clipboard. But DO NOT replace App Library with the Spotlight Apps page from macOS, that would be a major regression.
  • Instead, provide more manual customization options for App Library, with different views for it that can be set as default, and bring that new App Library system to macOS 27 as well to REPLACE the dumb Spotlight Apps page where a search bar isn’t easily identifiable as a search bar, and categories are basically useless because none of the apps in the categories are visible without opening them, so they’re a guessing game…
  • Sidecar and Universal Control type features between iPads. Use one iPad as a second display for another iPad. And allow users to use the cursor on their iPad Magic Keyboard Case to adjust something on their nearby iPhone as well, such as music playback and such.
  • AirPlay Receiver that works between iPhone and iPad. So a user could AirPlay from an iPhone to an iPad’s larger display.
  • iPhone Mirroring.
  • Continuity Camera between iPhone and iPad.
  • Greater unification of the app ecosystem (not really an iPadOS 27 item in particular, but a broader developer facing initiative).
  • Added permissions in Privacy & Security settings to allow third-party apps access to on-screen content, like the Screen & System Audio Recording permission on macOS.
  • Possibly support for alternative browser engines if it can be done while still maintaining security and privacy.

iOS 27:

  • Better App Dock like on iPadOS, with ability to swipe it up when in app, use it when in the App Switcher, and pin the App Library to it.
  • Spotlight enhancements with system clipboard and such.
  • Siri and Apple Intelligence enhancements.
  • Potentially vertical Split View apps.
  • Continued enhancements and improvements for Liquid Glass UI, with additional theming options possibly.
  • Customization options for App Library.
  • Added permissions in Security & Privacy for third-party apps to access Screen & System Audio Recording.

And there you have it, that’s my list for iPadOS and iOS 27! This list may change, but that’s my wishlist for now. 👍🏻
 
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klasma said:
Notifications overhaul. Notifications history. Allow dismissing notifications when they pop up as banners while using the phone.
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Just to clarify, notification banners can already be dismissed while using the phone. You just swipe it upward. I hope that is helpful for you. 🙂👍🏻
 
Tar Sniffer said:
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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I like several of the ideas here. 🙂👍🏻 Though I would prefer App Library plus some customization options over its complete removal. I like the App Library a lot more than the Apps page they just added to macOS 26. 👍🏻

But yeah, colored glyphs on a Liquid Glass background as an icon set would look awesome! 👍🏻
 
ProbablyDylan said:
This only kicks them to the notification center. It does not fully dismiss the notification.
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Ok, but isn’t the point to just get them off the screen? What’s the difference between “dismissing” them, and swiping them off the display where they’re no longer in the way?
 
Kal Madda said:
Ok, but isn’t the point to just get them off the screen? What’s the difference between “dismissing” them, and swiping them off the display where they’re no longer in the way?
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It's just a way to be tidy so you don't have to look at it twice when you go to your notification center. Dismiss it as read because you are acknowledging you are done with it. Let's you use your notification center as a To Do list. Don't need it cluttered up with things you have already read.
 
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Kal Madda said:
Ok, but isn’t the point to just get them off the screen? What’s the difference between “dismissing” them, and swiping them off the display where they’re no longer in the way?
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I don't want to see it twice. A good compromise would be swiping up to send it to the notification center for later, or swipe it to the left to permanently dismiss.
 
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The one thing and the one thing Apple MUST do for OS 27 is the ability since iOS 7-10 is fully turning off WiFi/BT via control centre NOT via settings. Enough is enough
 
indefinite said:
A local, native Terminal app for iOS (or at least iPadOS) would be great.
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I wouldn’t hold my breath. I don’t think a native Terminal makes any sense for modern OSes. Apple practically invented GUI to move away from command line decades ago on the Mac. I don’t think they’re going to add it to a modern platform that never had it in the first place. And especially not with AI replacing the need for command line, with users able to ask their computers to complete tasks with natural language, no scripting required. 🙂👍🏻
 
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