With the official promulgation of thedates for this class ’s WWDC , all center have wrench to June for the next barrage fire of Apple updates . master among those , of course , is the much - rumored Apple headset — despite recent story that itmay have been delayed .
But even if the headset sucks up most of the O in the Steve Jobs Theater ( or wherever Apple is showing this year ’s keynote ) , WWDC is traditionally a clock time for the caller to show off the latest versions ofallof its platform , and it ’s not as though it can let iOS , macOS , tvOS , and watchOS just lie fallow for a year .
While earlier reports suggested that this class ’s update might be more like “ hemipteron muddle ” sacking , more recently it ’s beensuggestedthat we ’ll see some “ nice to have ” features , if not the variety of big marquee enhancements that we ’ve come to expect twelvemonth over year .
And that ’s not a bad thing . There are plenteousness of rough edges in Apple ’s operating systems , and places that could habituate some minor tweak and improvement . So let ’s look ahead at what the company might do to improve its platforms in belittled ways .
iOS 17
iOS has develop in leaps and bounds over the last decade , with every year bring some bighearted feature or another . But too often , Apple seems to deliver said melioration , then sprinkle off its hands and walk away , dab itself on the back for a job well done . Those features then languish , yr over class , until citizenry get frustrated and stop using them because it seems like they ’ll never be updated .
For illustration , one addition I ’d really like to see is betterment to iOS ’s autocorrect system . mayhap I ’m just get quondam , but I ’ve found it harder and harder to type even scant messages on my iPhone , and at leastsomeof that is down to autocorrect , which seems to often replace a wholly valid word I ’ve entered with some other tidings – sometimes even a word that seems to be consummate gibber . Tweaking this scheme to really make iteasierto character instead of a more thwarting experience is just one way Apple could better the be experience on iOS without delving into grownup new feature .
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Other small improvements that would be decent to have could let in break in the Passwords plane section of configurations out into its own app , tweaking the way of life multiple calendars come out in the Calendar app , and appropriate more gismo on the lock screen , just to name a few .
iPadOS 17
Yes , the iPad ’s software would seem to be one place Apple still needs to do a lot of major study , but there are still position it would profit from some diminished melioration to improve the quality of life history .
The iPad Pro can be a majuscule platform for podcast yield , with apps such as Ferrite ( render ) , except it has mike limits .
One topographic point in finical that could use improvement is better audio support , including the ability to allow two apps use the microphone at once , finally enabling literal podcast creation reenforcement on the iPad . Does this go beyond a “ nice to have ” feature to a more major undertaking ? Perhaps . But Apple ’s longsighted had robust audio backing on the Mac , andas the iPad and the Mac get closer together , it becomes increasingly derisory that the iPad ca n’t do thing that the Mac has been able to do for years .
In addition , it would be nice to see some further tweaks to Stage Manager , indicating that Apple have intercourse it has n’t yet pass with flying colors that finicky feature ; the gain of Io ’s whorl filmdom features on the iPad ; and a re - think of the floating keyboard pallet that always seems to be in precisely the amiss station .
macOS 14
With a product as mature as the Mac , it might seem that there are n’t a lot of improvements leave to make , but the truth is , the former the political program , the more thing fall through the cracks .
One big nice - to - have feature I ’d like to see in macOS 14 is permit thingumajig live outside of their little column in Notification Center . candidly , since the fade of Dashboard , appliance have gotten the short terminal of the stick in macOS , and given their popularity on iOS and iPadOS , it ’d be great to get standardised capability on the Mac . Why ca n’t I have my weather widget on my desktop or a list of my upcoming calendar events ? To be true , right now , I only ever check my Mac widgets by accident .
We do n’t take a revival of Dashboard in macOS , but we do want a better way to use widget .
Some other things that could utilize some work : a revamp to last year ’s controversial System options app redesign , the power to link between Federal Reserve note in Notes , and tags for result in Calendar .
watchOS 10
Ten years of the Apple Watch ! awful how time fly ( if you ’ll pardon the expression ) . The Apple Watch has come a long way since its entry , evolving from a do - everything - computer - on - your - carpus to a wellness - and - fittingness - focused wearable . But while it may sometimes experience like the amount ofnewcompelling functionality has dwindled , there are places that could employ some pinch .
One that come to my mind ? Refining fitness trailing and streaks . We ’ve all had Day where we just ca n’t get out of bottom — whether because we ’re nauseous or injured or simply because it ’s justone of those days . But the Apple Watch ’s Activity app just ca n’t seem to read the elbow room , or else nudging you that you could still close your rings if only you could superintend a two - hour base on balls around the pulley . Apple badly needs to add a “ rest day ” concept here ; after all , the only people we ’re really cheat are ourselves . Take a Thomas Nelson Page from the splendid gameKnotwords , which allows you to recuperate a streak broken by overlook days by hitting your goals for seven days in a row .
Other squeamish improvements would include the power to have FaceTime telecasting cry , a built - in Notes app , and a freehanded one : pinch to older watch face that bring the most late complication styles and more .
tvOS 17
Will tvOS get any significant updates this year ? It ’s perhaps Apple ’s least - update platform , but there are sure as shooting advance that could be made to enhance its experience .
First and foremost , some tweaking of the home screen pattern : I do n’t bear the mass of app icons to go away , but it would be dainty to have an option to automatically dress them in , say , order of frequent economic consumption . What I do n’t want to have to do is rearrange the ikon myself incessantly . or else , a style to divide the menage screen into multiple categories might also go a retentive mode toward improving how users access apps .
Other things that could be nice are the addition of lossless sound passthrough , improved iCloud Keychain implementation to head off cumbersome re - lumber in , and yes , figuring out how to negotiate with Netflix to get it integrated into the Apple television receiver app . But I wo n’t be hold my breath for that last one .
