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Subject: Re: iOS 19: Three new features are being announced next month
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 16:17:19 -0700
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On 2025-05-06 07:33, badgolferman wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting excited about any of these.  Can someone
> explain to me what's so great about any of them?
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> #1: Major design overhaul
> 
> This is the big headliner feature. Apple is reportedly preparing its
> biggest iOS redesign in years, with more changes than we’ve seen since
> iOS 7.
> 
> iOS 19’s new design is expected to have three main goals:
> Simpler to use
> Faster to navigate
> Easier to learn
> 
> Leaks have pointed to Apple striking a balance of keeping things
> familiar, but also fresh and streamlined.
> 
> For example, apps that use tab bars may now make that navigation float
> above content and integrate a search bar. So it’s not an iOS 18
> Photos-style total rewrite, but the design still has meaningful visual
> and functional changes.
> 
> 
> #2: New third-party AI integrations
> 
> Last year when Apple Intelligence launched, it brought a two-fold
> strategy.
> 
> Most AI features are built and powered by Apple’s own LLMs. But the
> company also integrated the intelligence of ChatGPT into Siri and its
> writing tools. Reporting indicates the same approach will continue in
> iOS 19, with Apple potentially offering several new third-party AI
> models to choose from. Google Gemini will likely be one of them.
> 
> While there will also be new in-house AI features in iOS 19, the
> expansion of third-party options should help Apple give users more
> power than it can provide on its own.
> 
> 
> #3: External display ‘Stage Manager’ mode
> 
> The iPhone keeps getting increasingly more powerful, and restrictions
> in iOS don’t always let that power shine through. But reportedly in iOS
> 19, there’s a big multitasking upgrade on the way—at least, in a
> certain context.
> 
> iOS 19 is rumored to offer a new Stage Manager-like UI when your iPhone
> connects to an external display. Thus enabling you to use multiple
> iPhone apps at once.
> 
> It may seem like a niche use case, but there are two reasons it makes
> sense:
> iPadOS 19 will similarly get big Stage Manager upgrades and next year’s
> iPhone Fold needs proper multitasking support By shipping this new
> Stage Manager UI in iOS 19, Apple can gather feedback from users and
> make adjustments next year before the iPhone Fold’s  launch.
> 
> https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/05/ios-19-three-new-features-are-being-announced-next-month/

I'm trying to imagine why anyone would want to bother telling you anything.