What's On Your iOS 19 Wishlist?

[SteveLV702]

I don't care about anything you mentioned EXCEPT the last one. I recently had my iPhone stolen and they turned it off. Even though the "Find My" feature still kind of works when the iPhone is off, it did not work at all for me...luckaliy I was able to get my iPhone back thanks to the amazing Hotel Staff figuring out who took it...and she did bring me my iPhone back...however...my whole thing is...I would LOVE a freaking password or FaceID to turn off the iPhone or put it into airplane mode. That would be a super amazing feature.

That’s fine other items on my list are mainly for businesses. I own/run a business with dozen phone numbers and currently have to use a plugin with Microsoft Teams in order to get the text messages on all these numbers just for me would be so much simpler if was integrated into iMessage but ya not for everyone..

But yes I also would love the last one for that reason if gets stolen then they cannot turn off or put into Airplane mode…

 

[queenxrara]

Ahead of when new versions of iOS come out, MacRumors forum members and readers often create wishlists for features they're hoping to see, and this year is no exception. Over on our forums, there are a couple wishlists of features that users have been contributing to since last June.

We've rounded up a few of the features that have been suggested. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments here or go visit the wishlist thread.
Apps

• Custom password for locking Passwords app.
  
• Option to add attachments in the Passwords app.
  
• Option to snooze emails.
  
• Swipe gesture to delete iMessage attachments.
  
• Account balance and transaction history for all cards in Wallet app.
  
• Food logging in the Health app.
  
• Dark Mode icons for web apps.
  
• Toggle to force camera to use Ultrawide or Telephoto lens in low light.

Home Screen/Lock Screen

• Weather wallpaper for Lock Screen, Dynamic Wallpaper for Home Screen.
  
• Option to pick an icon for an app.
  
• Support for split screen apps.
  
• Option to turn off or speed up Face ID animations.
  
• Universal notification center that syncs between multiple devices.
  
• Opacity setting for widgets.
  
• More rows of icons on larger phones.

Other

• Separate volume toggles for music, system sounds, and phone calls.
  
• Custom Focus mode status options.
  
• Lock rotation options on a per-app basis.
  
• Battery status widget for all devices signed into an Apple Account.
  
• Sandboxed kids mode with apps for kids.
  
• One combined user interface for Spotlight and Type to Siri.
  
• Number row for stock keyboard.

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Check out our full iOS 19 wishlist thread over on the forums for more suggestions that users have made.
What's Rumored for iOS 19

iOS 19 is rumored to be getting a major design update with visuals inspired by visionOS. It could have a floating, glossy look with a focus on transparency, along with simplified navigation and a reimagining of icons, buttons, and menu bars.

More Apple Intelligence features are in the works, including the updates to Siri that we were supposed to get in iOS 18. We have a list of all the iOS 19 rumors so far in our iOS 19 roundup.

Article Link: What's On Your iOS 19 Wishlist?

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Ahead of when new versions of iOS come out, MacRumors forum members and readers often create wishlists for features they're hoping to see, and this year is no exception. Over on our forums, there are a couple wishlists of features that users have been contributing to since last June.

We've rounded up a few of the features that have been suggested. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments here or go visit the wishlist thread.
Apps

• Custom password for locking Passwords app.
  
• Option to add attachments in the Passwords app.
  
• Option to snooze emails.
  
• Swipe gesture to delete iMessage attachments.
  
• Account balance and transaction history for all cards in Wallet app.
  
• Food logging in the Health app.
  
• Dark Mode icons for web apps.
  
• Toggle to force camera to use Ultrawide or Telephoto lens in low light.

Home Screen/Lock Screen

• Weather wallpaper for Lock Screen, Dynamic Wallpaper for Home Screen.
  
• Option to pick an icon for an app.
  
• Support for split screen apps.
  
• Option to turn off or speed up Face ID animations.
  
• Universal notification center that syncs between multiple devices.
  
• Opacity setting for widgets.
  
• More rows of icons on larger phones.

Other

• Separate volume toggles for music, system sounds, and phone calls.
  
• Custom Focus mode status options.
  
• Lock rotation options on a per-app basis.
  
• Battery status widget for all devices signed into an Apple Account.
  
• Sandboxed kids mode with apps for kids.
  
• One combined user interface for Spotlight and Type to Siri.
  
• Number row for stock keyboard.

Read More

Check out our full iOS 19 wishlist thread over on the forums for more suggestions that users have made.
What's Rumored for iOS 19

iOS 19 is rumored to be getting a major design update with visuals inspired by visionOS. It could have a floating, glossy look with a focus on transparency, along with simplified navigation and a reimagining of icons, buttons, and menu bars.

More Apple Intelligence features are in the works, including the updates to Siri that we were supposed to get in iOS 18. We have a list of all the iOS 19 rumors so far in our iOS 19 roundup.

Article Link: What's On Your iOS 19 Wishlist?

For me,I’d really love to see Apple introduce a better restoration tool for iMessage. A lot of people have experienced the frustration of losing important messages, and it’s honestly the worst. Sometimes, even when a message gets deleted, it doesn’t show up in the “Recently Deleted” folder, and we’re left assuming it must be saved somewhere in an iCloud backup — only to find out it’s not there either. That’s why it would be so helpful if Apple added a dedicated restore or refresh feature directly within the iMessage app, so users could recover lost messages easily without needing to reset their entire phone or go through complicated backup processes. For example, if you realize a specific message or part of the conversation is missing, you could simply tap an option like “Refresh/restore” within the chat. The other person would then get a notification asking if they want to resend the conversation history from their end, making it easier to recover lost messages without needing to rely on backups or reset your device. This would be especially helpful for situations where a message was accidentally deleted or didn’t sync properly. This can also tie to your icloud backup and how much is being restored! This feature can be really good for people who rely on important message or messages that are important to them!

 

[HMI]

Siri commands to HomePod mini that don't give me an error or responses that tell me to look at my iPhone.

I setup “Personal Requests” correctly, but it always responds to my requests with “Who is speaking?……. Who is speaking?”

I don’t know how to fix this.

All I can guess is saying, “Me, Stupid. I’m the only one who talks to you. How do you not know this?”

That doesn’t fix it either.

 

[LordArchie]

Here's a new one... in the phone and messages app... if the recipient has a physical address or area code, highlight the header or a small banner showing local time.

I communicate with people all over the world and would rather not think or do math on their local time

 

[It’s always something]

Here's a new one... in the phone and messages app... if the recipient has a physical address or area code, highlight the header or a small banner showing local time.

I communicate with people all over the world and would rather not think or do math on their local time

This is a great idea for addresses, but area codes are becoming less reliable for identifying a person’s physical location. Example: I live hundreds of miles from my phone number’s area code now, and I am definitely not going through the hassle of trying to update countless websites and apps with a new two-factor authentication phone number – not ever, if I can help it.

 

[LordArchie]

This is a great idea for addresses, but area codes are becoming less reliable for identifying a person’s physical location. Example: I live hundreds of miles from my phone number’s area code now, and I am definitely not going through the hassle of trying to update countless websites and apps with a new two-factor authentication phone number – not ever, if I can help it.

Was thinking a bit more on it.. maybe a field in the contact where you can manually enter the time zone?

 

[terrence1019]

Over the years, when I see discussions like this, I ask myself one question:

What does Android have (or can do) that Apple hasn’t implemented yet?




• PC file transfer (plug-and-play) with proper security access controls

• Bluetooth file transfer

• NFC file transfer

• App sideloading

• 3rd party app stores

• Split Screen for iPhones

• Improved background app management (downloads, uploads, data processing for an app, etc.)

• 3rd party dynamic wallpapers for home screen and lock screen

• Better support for legacy apps (a lot of good apps haven't been updated in years)

• AlarmKit API for 3rd party clock apps to use alarms

• ToneKit API for 3rd party apps to use custom ringtones & custom notification sounds per app

• PlaylistKit API for creating playlists and smart playlists

• Import tones from Files app (“Save Tone”, “Save 2 Tones”, “Save 3 Tones”)

• Improved default app selector/selection

• A “rotate screen to landscape” icon pop-up in apps when rotating the screen while iPhone is locked in portrait mode

• Support for 3rd party AI assistants (e.g., Google and Alexa)

• Textured backgrounds for Notes app

I think iOS is slowly growing into a mature mobile PC with the amount of things I can perform on it (productivity, business, etc.). A lot of the changes I want to see are just tweaks that can improve day-to-day usage and customization features.

 

[droplink]

iOS will never be serious for me till Apple fixes the text input.
I have no idea how people work typing anything long on their iPads.

If you start writing in one language and the keyboard is set to another language, all words are thought of as miss-spelled by the OS (ok fair enough) if you change the keyboard language and keep on writing, the OS does not reconsider that the start was quite likely in that language too and does not re-think what is misspelled and what is not.

If a word is genuinely misspelled, it is only a 50/50 chance that the contextual popup actually shows the suggested right spelling or if it thinks you want to copy paste the word or something.
Perhaps it is also due to the OS spellcheck being poor. I found that copy pasting a wrongly typed word into Google is a much better help than trying to make OS suggest the right spelling.

The text marker is hard to position; sometimes you click one place and the OS thinks for you in where it thinks it aught to go. Always wrong. Placing the text cursor with precision, even when the little magnifier appears, is difficult. For some reason even when hovering over a word and trying to set the cursor in the middle of it the OS selects the whole word.

Using tables, bullet points etc.is even more annoying.

I have no idea how people who try to use an iPad as a notepad replacement stay productive.