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iOS 18 Speculation Thread
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There are still about 2-3 years to go! 😉
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For me at this point the most important thing is the control center on iPadOS. It is absolutely asinine that it takes up the entire iPad display for absolutely no reason. It’s fine on iOS but for iPads the control center is honestly just an insult.
How about an actual global back gesture, like Android has? Being able to swipe from either edge makes a world of difference, especially for people that hold their phone with the right hand. Having to reach over to the other side with my right hand just doesn't feel right.
Do you think Apple will ever implement this? I think it would bring over a lot of Android users. The user experience alone is worth it for me.
Do you think Apple will ever implement this? I think it would bring over a lot of Android users. The user experience alone is worth it for me.
There already is a global back gesture. Swiping from the left edge of screen towards the right takes you back. If you’re talking about that gaudy button strip on Android, then I hope that never comes to iOS, that looks ugly, wastes screen real-estate, and isn’t as smooth as iOS’s swipe gestures. But maybe there’s some other Android navigation thing I don’t know about?
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Possibly if one adds too many additional items to control center. Example from a iPad mini 6
The Mini vs Air vs 11" Pro resolutions are not that much different comparably. The larger 12.9" would be less bothersome with expanded control panel setup.
Mini 8.3-inch (diagonal) = 2266‑by‑1488 resolution at 326 ppi
Air 10.9-inch (diagonal) = 2360‑by‑1640 resolution at 264 ppi
Pro 11.0-inch (diagonal)= 2388-by-1668 resolution at 264 ppi
Pro 12.9-inch (diagonal) = 2732-by-2048 resolution at 264 ppi
Probably his thoughts are against the current 17.4 IPadOS Control center setups where you can't move the icons around adequately (fixed array) to avoid the control panel array getting in the way.
This is something that a lot of iPadOS users would want changed on IPadOS 18.
On mine (2022 11” iPad Pro), while the controls themselves only occupy the right 1/4 of the screen, the entire screen is blurred and unusable for any other purpose.
I personally have no problem with that. But it is a thing.
No I'm not talking about the button strip. On android you can go back by swiping from the left or right edge. On iPhone it's only the left edge which is awkward for right handed use.
Honestly, I think that would be very awkward and hard to remember. Swiping on the left edge to go back makes intuitive sense, it’s like flipping the page on a book. Switching that around wouldn’t make much sense to me. Maybe they could make that a setting? Come to think about it, that may already be an Accessibility Setting.
i would love , in ipadOS amd ios in the photos app to have a filter to show all photos not in an album, or once all photos are in an album the camera roll is cleared.
iPhone 7/7 Plus released with iOS 10 and final major version of iOS 15 [6 years]
iPhone X/8/8 Plus released with iOS 11 and final major version of iOS 16 [6 years]
It's possible that iPhone XR/XS/XS Max final version is iOS 17 while iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max is iOS 18
Or Apple could give A12 Bionic devices 7 years just like iPhone 6s/6s Plus/SE 2016
That will be the end of 5.8" and 6.5" display [19.5:9] iPhone
iPhone X/8/8 Plus released with iOS 11 and final major version of iOS 16 [6 years]
It's possible that iPhone XR/XS/XS Max final version is iOS 17 while iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max is iOS 18
Or Apple could give A12 Bionic devices 7 years just like iPhone 6s/6s Plus/SE 2016
That will be the end of 5.8" and 6.5" display [19.5:9] iPhone
I was gonna say, isn't there an API for all apps to use to swipe back like that?You definitely can do that. As demonstrated here:
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For people that are used to the iOS gesture experience, maybe so, but for anyone coming from Android, it's the norm.
I just think if Apple added it as a setting they'd get a lot more people moving over from Android. I've tried going back to iPhone a few times and I always miss the back gesture from Android too much.
I imagine it will always be there in some form. The shape and the notch have become an important part of Apple's visual identity to the point that they added it to their laptops. I get that its taking up otherwise dead space in the Manu Bar but they could have just as easily hidden a punchhole camera in the black Apple logo in the top left-hand corner. It doesn't bother me either way but they made a clear choice.There are still about 2-3 years to go! 😉
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I like the display notch and Dynamic Island. I’m actually hoping that they add either a notch or Dynamic Island to the iPad Pro. I think that would look really cool, but it would definitely need to be in the landscape position so it would be more like the lid of a MacBook. But I’m hoping that iOS 18 will make better use of the Dynamic Island on iOS, and will add more functionality to the Status Bar on iPadOS.
I'd like to be able to organize the App Library - put stuff on the top or ??
This looks promising. 👍🏻. Though I hope that they keep a snap grid option for auto aligning icons and widgets.
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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
• Bluetooth file transfer
• NFC file transfer
• App sideloading
• 3rd party app stores
• Split Screen for iPhones
• Improved app multitasking
• Improved background app management
• Flexible home screen layout & widgets
• 3rd party dynamic wallpapers for home screen and lock screen
• 3rd party apps in Control Center
• Better support for legacy apps
• 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
• Improved background process management
• 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. A lot of the changes are tweaks that can improve day-to-day usage.
What does Android have (or can do) that Apple hasn’t implemented yet?
• PC file transfer
• Bluetooth file transfer
• NFC file transfer
• App sideloading
• 3rd party app stores
• Split Screen for iPhones
• Improved app multitasking
• Improved background app management
• Flexible home screen layout & widgets
• 3rd party dynamic wallpapers for home screen and lock screen
• 3rd party apps in Control Center
• Better support for legacy apps
• 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
• Improved background process management
• 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. A lot of the changes are tweaks that can improve day-to-day usage.
This is more of a “wish” than a speculation:
I really hope at some point Apple enables an option in Messages to where upon opening a particular thread/conversation, you are taken to the 1st UNREAD message, allowing you to read from there and “catch up” instead of taking you to the most recent message.
This would help keep people from re-asking or missing messages that were already sent.
I really hope at some point Apple enables an option in Messages to where upon opening a particular thread/conversation, you are taken to the 1st UNREAD message, allowing you to read from there and “catch up” instead of taking you to the most recent message.
This would help keep people from re-asking or missing messages that were already sent.