With the WWDC dates being announced I figured I would make this years iOS 19 thread.
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Nice. Iâd say I wonât do the beta this year but we all know on release date Iâll be downloading it. 
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Apparently this is actually going to be called iOS26âŚ.
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i get theyâre trying to simplify it to be consistent across the other products but it seems so unnecessary
MarketingâŚ.. although having a consistent naming convention will help the non tech savvy. Although how often non tech people even know the operating system is called iOS is probably debateable!
Snoozefest
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Very underwhelming for âthe biggest update since iOS 7â
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I guess the âHold Assistâ and call screening might be useful.
Other than that, nothing special for me.
Those the only two things I thought would be good too
Iâm rather impressed with many of the updates and looking forward to installing the betas once there is some stability (and all my apps work).
Nothing much interested me this year. Last year I thought the update looked very promising and it failed to live up to hype or even materialise.
Iâm glad they are redesigning the camera app - I always seem to be flicking through to the right mode when I need to take a photo quickly.
The iPad update looked pretty good, but I donât have an iPad
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Iâve downloaded on my iPad. Safe to say I wonât be installing on my iPhone right now. Itâs pretty messy.
Going to stick it on the iPad, some size of beta at just over 8GB. Not really followed it this year so have no idea what Iâm getting into.
Wonât likely put it on the phone this time around, too many issues with missing Lloyds notifications and the camera app from the last betas.
Canât say Iâm loving the new design. Itâs giving basic vibes . My text keyboard is also very 90s
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I still canât believe they havenât put a row of numbers along the topâŚor at least have it like the iPad where you can pull down.
I like that theyâve kinda reverted back to the old way of having the photo library separate from all the other photo stuff though. I really didnât like having it all together.
This isâŚmessy. Wonât be upgrading on iPhone for a while. The default icons look like AI generated then, whatâs with the white cutting in dark mode. Also Iâm not a fan that the search bar in safari is now default to the top.
Some things are nice such as better window scaling. As as others have said feels very mac like
My search bar in Safari is still at the bottom. I didnât change anything.
Edit: just realized youâre on your iPad so probably different slightly.
I think theyâve just ported in how photos looks on Mac which is super nice. I didnât like how they had designed it in iOS 18.
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Cautiously installing on my iPhone. I like some aspects, and donât like others.
I like the keyboard as it feels bigger and the haptic responses feel better for me.
There are some bugs here and there but itâs literally just dropped as a developer beta so itâs absolutely to be expected.
I do like the battery section now though:
You also get a really good feel for the liquid effect in the music app, swiping between sections can literally be like swiping a drop of water:
Itâs hard to capture in an image but itâs fun to swipe your finger to and fro.
The music mixing is a tad jarring at first but I actually quite like it already. It can make some songs sound super odd towards the end but no different to a club when they mix songs.
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