These unreleased iOS features being tested could soon come to iPhone
Apple is testing improvements to Camera Control and Visual Intelligence and other unreleased iPhone features, such as changing Focus modes with the ringer switch.
Jeff Benjamin of 9to5Mac has discovered several unreleased iOS features in the iOS 18.3 beta such as camera pose, swiping to go back from anywhere, changing Focus modes with the ringer switch and more. However, none of them have surfaced in the final iOS 18.3 version that Apple publicly released on January 27.
Just because the company is testing some features and bloggers were able to uncover them is not a guarantee it’ll ship them. Still, it’s always interesting and fun to have a peek at what Apple is working on. I hope that at least some of the unreleased features will be ready for prime time in upcoming iOS versions.
These unreleased iOS features could come to iPhone
Automatic camera pose detection
The latest iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro models could automatically launch your designated camera app when holding the device in camera pose instead of requiring you to double-press the Camera Control button. Wait, what? “Presumably, this would be when the device is being held by the user in a landscape orientation, with the Camera Control button positioned at the top right,” according to Jeff.
Game Mode detection for Camera Control
iOS will temporarily reduce the sensitivity of the Camera Control capture button when Game Mode has been turned on to avoid accidental activation while gaming.
Visual Intelligence via the Control Center
Visual Intelligence can identify places, objects, plants, animals, insects, text, posters and flyers around you. It can do things such as add events to your calendar from posters, provide more information about an image using Google or ChatGPT and more. In the future, this feature could soon work with videos, not just images.
Visual Intelligence is invoked by pressing and holding the Camera Control button, but Apple is also testing a Control Center widget. The control indicates Visual Intelligence might be coming to older devices compatible with Apple Intelligence. The feature is currently exclusive to the iPhone 16 lineup.
Editing ChatGPT prompts
There’s an option to edit the prompt sent to ChatGPT. “The default editor contains all sorts of requirements and constraints for ChatGPT, such as avoiding references to the type of attachment provided by the user, using neutral language and not offering unsolicited advice,” the post reads.
Swiping to go back from anywhere
You may soon be able to swipe right anywhere in apps to go back, not just from the left edge of the screen. This would be a major boon for one-handed navigation. Plus, the transitions when swiping to go back are now more fluid.
Changing Focus modes with the ringer switch
You can change Focus modes by flipping the Ring/Silent switch. This could be especially useful on older iPhones that don’t have the Action button (which can be configured to change Focus modes).
Quicker access to all games on Apple Arcade
A new button next to your profile picture in the top-right corner of the App Store’s Arcade tab will open the same list as the See All Games button at the bottom of the Arcade tab. So now you’ll finally be able to see the latest arrivals without having to scroll to the bottom of the Arcade tab first.
Faster pinning in Messages
The built-in Messages app could gain the Pin/Unpin action in the hidden options revealed when swiping right on a thread in the conversation list. This option is currently only available under the contextual menu, which is revealed by touching and holding a chat thread in the conversation list.
A more functional bottom bar in the Music app
The built-in Music app puts a handy bar at the bottom upon minimizing the Now Playing screen. It lets you see the current track, pause/resume and fast-forward while browsing the app. However, Apple seems to be testing new functionality for the bottom bar, including an AirPlay menu that lets you swipe between playback sources and add remote AirPlay sources by swiping left on the bar.
“There are also new functions related to music queueing,” Jeff notes. “The Grab queue will pull the queue from another AirPlay source and begin playing it on the local iPhone, while the Transfer queue will do the opposite.” Swiping left or right across the right side of the bar will let you forward or go backwards in a queue.
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