The IT community is buzzing over Apple’s upcoming iOS 19, with many speculations speculating about what it might bring.
An updated Siri was previously hinted at by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, while a recent leak suggests a revamped Camera app.
Additionally, it appears that certain additional functionality might potentially be added gradually in subsequent editions.
Here is what we currently know.
Jon Prosser demonstrated the updated Camera app in a Front Page Tech YouTube video. Transparent menus for camera controls, akin to those in visionOS, Apple’s software framework for the Vision Pro headset, are reportedly the primary update.
Compared to iOS 18, the updated Camera app in iOS 19 is said to display a larger portion of the camera’s viewfinder.
At the bottom of the application, the controls are divided into two categories: Photo and Video.
Additional parameters for video resolution and frame rate that appear at the top of the screen as needed are among the new features, along with the ability to record spatial video and set a timer for a picture.
Siri to become more conversational in IOS 19
Gurman earlier predicted a “more conversational Siri” would appear with iOS 19, powered by enhanced language models for answering difficult inquiries. Its release has apparently been postponed, maybe until iOS 20, even though Apple may highlight it during the iOS 19 reveal.
Any iPhone that can run iOS 18 will also be able to run iOS 19, according to the French website iPhoneSoft.fr.
This includes the likes of iPhone SE (2nd generation or later), iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, and all variants of iPhone 11 and later.
Naturally, some iOS 19 features won’t be supported on older iPhones.