The new features of iOS 19 are exposed, and Apple may say goodbye to “painting cake” publicity

It has been less than a month since Apple’s Global Developers Conference WWDC 25. In the early morning of June 10, Beijing time, Apple will officially unveil the mystery of iOS 19, iPadOS 19, macOS 16 and other operating systems. At that time, the new functions and changes of the new system will be comprehensive for the first time. Presented in front of the public.

Unlike the continuous leaks of hardware products such as iPhone, system software such as iOS 19 has been relatively scarce because it is completely developed inside Apple.

However, the well-known journalist Mark Gurman brought new information in his latest Power On column, revealing in advance two high-profile new features in iOS 19 and iPadOS 19, which are closely related to the needs of users in the Middle East and South Asia. .

On the one hand, it is a two-way language keyboard. As an advanced two-way keyboard technology, it can achieve fluent switching between Arabic and English, greatly optimizing the input experience of multilingual users.

On the other hand, there is the virtual reed pen function, which is a calligraphy tool specially designed for Apple Pencil users. By simulating the stroke characteristics of the traditional Arabic calligraphy pen – reed pen, it helps users create more cultural calligraphy works on the iPad.

As Apple continues to expand its retail business in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and India, these functions are regarded as important factors in opening up local markets and promoting future growth.

Looking back on Mark Gurman’s previous report, he has also shared a number of new features that are expected to appear on WWDC 25: AI to optimize battery life with the help of AI technology, while adding the remaining charging time display on the lock screen interface.

In visionOS 3, the eye movement scrolling function allows users to scroll through the application interface only through eye movements.

Introduce a unified interface between devices with a more consistent operation interface for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Committed to making iPad more like Mac and further narrowing the gap between the two, iPad productivity upgrade;

AirPods real-time translation function that supports real-time dialogue translation after deep integration of AirPods and iOS 19;

Realize the convenient synchronization of Wi-Fi login information on multiple devices, improve the public Wi-Fi login synchronization of the user experience, etc.

Recently, Mark Gurman also disclosed Apple’s latest developments in the field of AI and the development difficulties it faces.

The Siri upgrade, which is highly anticipated by users, is likely to be unable to meet everyone this year.

Although Apple may display the new features of Siri in iOS 19 at WWDC 25, Gurman pointed out that these updates are unlikely to be the focus of the launch.

It is reported that Apple regarded AI as a transformative technology as early as 2014 and expanded its technology reserve by acquiring many start-ups.

However, Apple’s slow progress in the field of AI is largely due to differences in internal management.

Craig Federighi, the head of Apple’s software department, is cautious about AI investment, believing that its return is uncertain and prefers to give priority to the annual updates of core products such as iPhone and Mac.

Since joining Apple in 2018, John Giannandrea, the head of Apple’s AI, has been advocating large-scale capital investment in AI development. Unfortunately, his proposal has been restricted many times due to conflicts with Federighi’s concept.

In order to reverse the impact of Siri’s poor performance in the field of AI on the brand image, Apple plans to separate Apple Intelligence from the Siri brand in an attempt to weaken the drag of Siri’s short board on consumer confidence.

In addition, Apple seems to have realized the negative impact of overcommitment of immature functions in the past.

It is reported that Apple may be more cautious in the future and will no longer announce unperfected technologies several months in advance to avoid disappointing users due to the serious delay in the launch of functions.

Based on this, the upcoming new iOS 19 function is expected to pay more attention to practical implementation. Perhaps there will no longer be the past situation of relying only on PPT display to “draw cakes”, but will bring users a new experience that is more practical and stable. Let’s wait and see.