Which apps does it not work in? I’ve never noticed any apps it didn’t work in before.
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iOS 26 Speculation Thread
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I'm not knowledgeable on this type of stuff, would there be a way for them to allow it (based on approval) in a sort of sandbox or "walled garden" for lack of better term? Or would that basically defeat the purpose of JIT and that's how it operates now?
It’s possible there could be some secure way to allow it in a restricted way, but what I’m saying is that it would require lots of work and need to be well-thought out to make sure it wouldn’t pose a significant threat to security. Sandboxing can certainly help, and apps in iOS are already sandboxed to an extent. But sandboxing isn’t a completely foolproof way of preventing it from doing harm as I’m aware. It could still pose some threats even with sandboxing from what I can tell.
I don’t think it’s something that would necessarily be completely impossible to implement safely, I think it’s just going to be a difficult process and would require limits in order to decrease the risks. Web browser apps can already access a form of JIT entitlement as I understand it, but it is very heavily restricted in what it can do. The kind of JIT emulators would need would have to be managed differently than the JIT available for browsers. And I think that could be possible, I just think it’s more complex and difficult than some people give it credit for. Some people just argue that you should slap it on there unrestricted and sandboxing would fix everything, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. You really can’t completely sandbox an app from every other part of the system.
As I said before, I think it’s likely possible to implement in a more secure way, I just think it will take a lot of consideration and effort on Apple’s part to ensure it maintains their high security standards. 👍🏻
So it'll probably just stay on our wishlists for a while since there's no way Apple will do all that work to give us more freedom by their own will lol
It didn’t. Nowhere in that quote did they say the features would be pushed back to iOS 19. They merely said they had been pushed back. We still have most of a year worth of iOS 18 updates, it would likely drop in a later iOS 18 update like 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, etc.
But if the features are delayed until 2026, wouldn’t most iPhone 16 owners already be updated to iOS 19 by that point?
They said nothing about 2026. They said the features would be delayed to sometime later than expected this year (2025). That’s well within the iOS 18 update cycle…
No it doesn’t… It means within the next year starting today. The article you’re referencing doesn’t agree with your interpretation…
Looking forward to seeing a commercial where Bella Ramsey uses her iPhone 18 to ask questions to Siri on iOS 20.
Wait, what do you mean they shot and aired those commercials last fall?
Wait, what do you mean they shot and aired those commercials last fall?
I’m looking forward to this thread getting back to iOS 19 speculation instead of complaining about Apple Intelligence rollout…
I do think it’s noteworthy that they switched their language from “the coming months” to “the coming year” though 🤷♂️
That’s fine, but nowhere did they say that the features are delayed back into 2026. They very well could come in 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, etc. 👍🏻
Also, it’s worth noting that the official page has not changed its wording to “the coming year”. The page stills says coming months. One Apple spokesperson said “coming year” in an interview that likely means “within this year” over “in 2026”. If Apple knew it would be delayed that long, I would guess they would make a more official statement that they would have to postpone these features into 2026.
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I hope you’re right. But at the very least, this confirmed the reports that they ran into issues with engineering these features, so we can put that to bed.
I agreed that the features have likely been delayed. I just think there’s still more chance we’ll see these features rollout in 18.5, 18.6, 18.7, etc. than in 19. I could be wrong, but nothing in this statement from this Apple spokesperson leads me to believe that we are waiting until 2026. If they knew they were running into that big of a delay, I would think Apple would have made an official announcement and changed the wording on the official page so that it’s not still promising these features in “coming months”. Like I said, maybe I’m wrong, I just wouldn’t rush to panic and doomsday just yet. 😉👍🏻
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One thing I hope is that the focus of iOS 19 ISN'T Apple Intelligence. There are so many more things they could be working on.
I want springboard/spotlight/app library to get a complete rework.
I still want to be able to move an icon anywhere without my whole homescreen moving around.
I want an actual icon picker instead of this tinting stuff or using shortcuts as a workaround.
I want to be able to rename apps.
I want splitscreen on phones.
I want an RSS app.
I want a more professional and consistent look to the whole OS rather than this Windows XP blue/green stuff everywhere that looks both childish and old.
And RCS that is encrypted and just works.
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Yeah, totally agree about improvements to springboard, spotlight, and the App Library. And an icon picker could be nice. I don’t understand that last part though, iOS looks nothing like Windows XP. And I think iOS does look professional and consistent.
Depends on your definition of professional.
The icons in iOS are too big and too bright (lots of blues and greens, as I said). It reminds me a lot of the Windows XP Start button and default theme. I want something more like watchOS or visionOS. Something minimal and clean.
I have pointed out a few times my love for the Android launcher Niagra. It's very minimal, but still has some very information-dense widgets, great lock screen notifications, and a lot of customization options.
When scrolling, the letters flow. Reminds me of watchOS list view.
It doesn't bombard you with a lot of colors. In fact, you can just replace all icons with simple dots.
I'm not saying this is the best path for Apple to take with a redesign, but it fits my aesthetic nicely.
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Meanwhile I don't even like using the dark icons in iOS 18 because it turns a lot of icons into similar looking black squares that are harder to identify at a glance. That level of minimalism might not be for me. 😆
I can see why someone would like it though.
Ok, but if you don’t like the colors of the icons, the icon tinting feature in iOS 18 fixes that. As to size, I think they’re the right size to be easily touchable. But maybe they could add more icon sizes. 👍🏻
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Totally agree on icon picker option !
Would be so nice if we could get that sometime in the future.
So I don’t have to go over shortcuts and lose the possibility to use Haptic Touch features for each individual app.
I love my homescreen right now, but it’s a pain to change the icons:
Would be so nice if we could get that sometime in the future.
So I don’t have to go over shortcuts and lose the possibility to use Haptic Touch features for each individual app.
I love my homescreen right now, but it’s a pain to change the icons:
It can mean either the next calendar year or the next year of duration.