When Apple releases iPhone 17 in just about six months, will it be powered by a significantly changed operating system?
Earlier this month we passed along some changes that Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says will be coming to iOS 19 later this year. Gurman says that the update will make iOS 19 closer in design to visionOS used on the Vision Pro spatial computer. The update will also include updated icons, new system buttons, menus, apps, and windows. The connection with visionOS could lead iOS 19 to feature more rounded elements.
While we could see these redesigned rounder elements in iOS 19, all that talk about a redesigned OS appears to be overblown according to tech content creator Jon Prosser. Prosser recently shared a mockup of the Messages app for iOS 19 and the biggest change is the round «bubbles» that encircle the back arrow on the top left and the FaceTime/Share Screen menu icon on the top right of the screen when running the app.
