Wish list for future iOS updates

[hojx]

Good you can upload files, but can you download to iCloud Drive?

Yea you can.

 

[Linuxpro]

The text field in the Messages app says "Text Message" for an SMS (Green bubble) and "iMessage" for iMessages (Blue bubble) before you type anything.

I do not recall ever seeing that, but then again I disabled it immediately when I read about the problems. That was a while back.

 

[k4jh]

A setting for the Maps app to avoid toll roads would be nice. Seems like a basic feature that other mapping apps have.

 

[Threejw]

1. Dark Mode (an automatic mode, dark when in a dark room, or at night)
2. More social, adding grouping option to contacts where u can message them, share an album, music apps and everything else (find my friends, contacts, FaceTime and phone app complete overhaul ! maybe combine them)
3. In iMessages when u post a link, share music, videos, share weather... it showed a preview to the link, or a button to play the song..
4. Adding a live streaming option to iMessage
5. Ads power saving mode, silent mode buttons to the control centre + ability to access the settings form there.
6. learn from the apple watch, new Watch app, more options and faces for iPhone.
7. quitting all apps in multitasking
8. if home button is removed, combine the control centre with multitasking (swipe up)
9. more subtle personalisation.
10. having the wedges in the notification centre and the new screen to the left from iOS9 is confusing, apple needs to work on that.

 

[nj-morris]

Adding a live streaming option to iMessage.

That's called FaceTime.

 

[Threejw]

That's called FaceTime.

i know, but like add a group functionality, and maybe have ur friends view ur stream (like periscope)...

 

[0000757]

What part of iOS would make a dark mode? I'm pretty sure it's up to the developers on how they choose to display their app. It's not just a switch Apple can make. The white elements are part of the design language. OS X doesnt really even have a dark mode, it only switches the dock and menu bar black, the apps dont even take affect.

And since they cant just make a switch but if they do, it's going to be inconsistent across all apps. If youre talking about making the UI white to black.

Anything that uses the standard layout would easily be able to use Dark mode out of the box. Custom UIs would need to support it themselves though.

That's how it is on Jailbreak and Android though, so there's no reason they can't.

 

[Still100]

OS X Yosemite and El Capitan's implementation of Dark Mode applies only to the menu bar, Dock and Spotlight. It does not affect any apps. Well if you want the same implementation in iOS since OS X has done it, only the dock will be dark…

Dark Mode in iOS arising from iOS tweaks are terribly hacky and don't work in certain apps, resulting in crashes and unusable apps, etc. If iOS were to implement it, only compatible apps (which will take up another long cycle of developer updates) will go dark. I doubt you want to enter an app that's dark and when you switch to another app it goes completely white.

There really isn't much motivation for Apple to implement Dark Mode in iOS right now. First of all, there are brightness controls and a Reduce White Point option in Accessibility. Second of all Dark Mode is not going to bring any additional battery life to the iPhone/iPad since the screens are LCD displays. Until iPhones/iPads are released with OLED screens it is unlikely iOS will ever have dark mode.



Under iOS 9 in Safari, you can upload files using iCloud Drive. In Mail you can also save attachments to iCloud Drive.

Since previous iOS versions you can do an iCloud backup and select what apps have their app data backed up. From your device, go to look for your iCloud storage usage, select your backups and choose the apps you want backed up.

Are you sure about uploading files through safari to iCloud Drive in iOS 9? I only get the option to upload pics.