Apple's New Invites App Hints at iOS 19's Rumored Redesign

iOS 19 is rumored to feature a redesigned Camera app with visionOS-like menus and buttons, but the changes might go beyond that.

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As noted by Apple enthusiast Parker Ortolani, both the Apple Sports app from last year and the new Apple Invites app have a more visionOS-like design language with translucent or "glassy" buttons and user interface elements.

"The last new Apple app, Apple Sports, already felt out of place in iOS 18," wrote Ortolani. "It has a more visionOS or watchOS-like design language utilizing colorful backgrounds, glassy floating UI elements, expanding buttons, and lots of layered shapes. Apple Invites takes it all even further. It's got big beautiful cards, translucent cells, big bold buttons, and an emphasis on content. It feels so clearly like a hint of what is to come in a future iOS update."

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It seems like a reasonable possibility that this "glassy" design could extend to other iOS 19 apps and interfaces, although this is purely speculation for now.

Apple should announce iOS 19 at WWDC 2025 in June.

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joshml Avatar
8 weeks ago
Before a design change, please fix the numerous bugs you still have...
Score: 37 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Acidsplat Avatar
8 weeks ago
Welcome back, Windows Aero
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jayducharme Avatar
8 weeks ago

It's got big beautiful cards, translucent cells, big bold buttons
I'll be glad if that's true. Ever since iOS shifted to their text-as-buttons aesthetic, I've had numerous problems navigating, often by hitting the wrong area of the word (which produces nothing, with no feedback). There's a reason Steve Jobs liked the work of Scott Forstall; he understood intuitive interfaces.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mac Fly (film) Avatar
8 weeks ago
Fix text editing and the buggy-as-hell magnifier cursor.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jz0309 Avatar
8 weeks ago
just don't make "dark mode" the default, worse, the Sports app is white/gray on black background with no option to change, really hard to impossible to read in sunlight.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sigmasirrus Avatar
8 weeks ago

there are people who don't have there phones on dark mode 24/7??
Dark mode is actually harder on my eyes than light mode. Go figure!
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)