IOS 19 is still about three months to be revealed, but there are many rumors on the next update.
Below, we hitherto summarize the rumors iOS 19.
Redesigned camera application
A leak earlier this year would have revealed an upcoming redesigned camera application with iOS 19.
On his Youtube Channel Tech channel in January, Jon Prosser shared a video Showing what the new camera application will look like, the key change being the translucent menus for camera controls. Overall, the design of these menus looks like Visionos, the Apple Vision Pro Plage Software Platform.
A larger part of the viewfinder of the camera is visible compared to iOS 18. Camera controls are divided into photo and video categories at the bottom of the application.
Camera checks include options to record space video, activation of a timer for a photo, and more. Additional checks for video resolution and image frequency take place at the top of the screen if necessary, depending on the video.
It is not clear if the alleged vision -type design changes will extend to other parts of the iOS 19 interface, or more Apple integrated applications.
It has already been said that iOS 18 would offer Visionos type design changes, but that has never happened. Maybe the changes were for iOS 19 from the start.
More siri similar to a chatpt
iOS 19 will present a “more conversational Siri” powered by “more advanced tongue models”, according to Bloombergis Mark Gurman. This will make Siri more like Chatgpt, allowing the assistant to “manage more sophisticated requests”.
Apple will probably preview SIRI reworked during its IOS 19 announcement, but Gurman said it would only be available from the spring of 2026. This suggests that the functionality will be published as part of the iOS 19.4 in March or April of next year.
In the meantime, iOS 18.2 has added the integration of chatgpt into Siri, and the integration Google Gemini should follow a subsequent update. And with iOS 18.4 or iOS 18.5, Siri will obtain awareness of the screen, an understanding of the personal context, deeper application controls and other upgrades.
Staggered characteristics
A large number of new features from iOS 19 should be deployed in subsequent versions, ranging from iOS 19.1 to iOS 19.4.
Compatible iPhones
According to the French website iPhonesoft.fr, iOS 19 will be compatible with any iPhone capable of executing iOS 18, which would mean the following models:
- iPhone 16
- iPhone 16 Plus
- iPhone 16 pro
- iPhone 16 pro max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 pro
- iPhone 15 pro max
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12 pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS
- iPhone xs max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone SE (2nd generation or later)
The oldest devices on this list are the iPhone XS, the iPhone XS and the iPhone XR, which were all published in September 2018.
Of course, some iOS 19 features will not be available on old iPhone models.
If this report is correct, it would be the second consecutive year in which Apple has not abandoned iPhone models with its large annual iOS version. iOS 18 is compatible with the same iPhone models as iOS 17.
iOS 17 has abandoned the management of the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X.
Timing
The first beta iOS 19 and iPados 19 should be published during WWDC 2025 in June, and updates should be published in September.
