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With iOS 27 doubling down on performance and usability, here’s hoping some of these small quality-of-life improvements make the cut for iOS 28. None of these are big swings, just friction points that come up regularly.

Apple Music: Surface “Added” Playlists When Adding Songs

When adding a song to a playlist, show a dedicated “Added” section at the top of the picker listing every playlist the song already belongs to, similar to how “Recent” is already grouped. Makes verifying playlist membership instant.

Apple Music: Pin Albums and Radio Stations Without Adding to Library

Allow pinning content from search or browse to a dedicated “Pinned” section, no library add required. Useful for albums you’re exploring and stations you return to regularly, without cluttering your library or relying on Recently Played.

Safari/iCloud Keychain: Set a Default Login per Site

When multiple credentials exist for the same site, let users designate one as the default for autofill. A simple “Set as Default” option in Keychain would stop autofill from arbitrarily picking the wrong login every time.

Apple News: Make Food Recall Articles Free

Food recall stories carry direct public health implications and shouldn’t sit behind the News+ paywall. Please exempt food safety and recall reporting so all users can access time-sensitive information regardless of subscription status.
 
My wishlist is largely the same as last year:
  • 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
  • Some kind of custom launcher support or theme functionality. Include an icon picker and icon packs in the App Store.
  • Notification history
  • Clipboard history
  • Denser homescreen option. Smaller icons, more columns and rows
  • App Library improvements: toggle for 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
  • 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
  • Ability to edit icons for Safari Favorites
 
Honestly. From what I've gathered, I think Apple may be going the slow approach now. They are scared to add features in fear of causing issues.
 
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