I've always wondered in *annoyance\* why iOS forces a single audio stream across the entire system. If I'm listening to audio in one app and another app starts playing sound, the first one almost always gets paused automatically.

I understand why this is the default behavior, it prevents accidental overlapping audio for most people. But why isn't it an option that the user can decide?

Sometimes I just WANT TO BANG TO MY MUSIC while doing other things!

macOS already lets multiple applications output audio simultaneously, so it feels like an artificial limitation on iOS rather than a technical one.

I'm not suggesting Apple change the default behavior.
Just add a setting such as:

Settings → Audio → Allow Multiple Simultaneous Audio Streams

Leave it off by default, but let users who actually want the functionality enable it.

Would anyone else use this, or is there a technical reason I'm overlooking?

I've done multiple feedback request on this part to Apple years ago, but nothing has changed in the past few years.

Just bought the iPhone 17 Pro and this basic little annoying thing just really makes me wonder if an iPhone truly is the future choice again......

i'm going on a flight and want to download a series to watch as a zip onto my iphone. i don't have much storage and the .zip file itself is 5gb and even after clearing out space i'd only have about 5gb/128 free after downloading the zip. i'm running iOS 17.2.1; is there any way to only unzip one specific file at a time?

The idea would be simple: when an app is open, it has all the permissions I’ve granted (camera, photos, Bluetooth, network, etc.). But the moment I close it, iOS completely freezes the app. No background activity, no network access, no Bluetooth, no location updates, nothing at all until I open it again.
I know Background App Refresh can be disabled, but that doesn’t completely stop all background behavior, and there isn’t a true per-app firewall or “off until launched” option.
Has Apple ever explained why this isn’t possible? Is there a technical reason, or is it mainly a design decision?
I’d love to hear what others think.

The icons looked normal yesterday until I woke up to this. I already tried the force restart and the normal restart so if anybody else knows what the problem is pls let me know!

Delayed updating to latest software. Was on 26.1. Kept having issues with screen lag and glitch when swiping. Did full reset and installed 26.5.2. Still running into some lag and glitches….solutions?

Am I the only one annoyed by the “frequently used” emoji keyboard?

It doesn’t seem accurate for one. I’ll accidentally click an emoji one time. And it’s on recently used for months!

But also, why can’t I just make a custom page? Choose my favorites to always be in their designated place. Instead of them playing musical chairs and me accidentally sending hearts to my boss lmao. It’s genuinely annoying and completely unnecessary. A custom keyboard would be amazing. But it seems like it’s never even been considered.

Example: random number texts me, presumably someone from the past. Intuitively I click the profile bubble/previous i area, and precariously hold down? the number itself and often accidentally call it. Yikes

Hello! I already tried clicking the account icon, account settings, and app updates but I can’t seem to find the “Sign Out” option.

Send help hahaha. Would appreciate it!

I’m just honestly expressing my pure annoyance at this. I’m fairly certain it’s due to Liquid Glass. It used to be when using the video controls, the captions would lift up above the scrubber bar so you could still see what they were when scrolling. Now they are entirely hidden by the Liquid Glass bar.

I think I didn’t notice it for a while because I just hadn’t watched non-English media in a while where I needed the captions. Sometimes I need to find my place or I want to speed through a portion of the video but still understand what is happening. This is entirely broken now.

None of the fixes for Liquid Glass fix this issue. You can’t even move the captions on screen or adjust in anyway so they are not covered. Switching to a larger font just means half the text is obscured and it look ugly.

I’m not even a Liquid Glass hater, I genuinely do not care how it looks. It’s ruined the video viewing experience by killing captions and covering the screen entirely when using the scrubber.

i deleted the apple account. later i found an old iphone xr. the deleted apple account is logged in and requires the password. it doesn’t accept the password because the apple account is already deleted. neither is it possible to reset the iphone. how can i reset it to use it with another apple account?

"Siri remind me to do this tomorrow at 6pm" - the glowing Siri animation around the phone just pulsates endlessly.

Every single time I need to set a reminder this happens, works on the 2nd try but this is just getting ridiculous.

I recently bought an iPhone 17 PM after selling my old iPhone in March and transferring all data to an Android. I downloaded the Move to IOS app on the Play store and tried about 5/6 different times (with and without the cable method) yet nothing worked.

I searched around online and found the following version of Move to IOS you should download: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/apple/move-to-ios/move-to-ios-3-5-0-release/

This ended up moving everything I needed within an hour, but it was such a painful process which I will never go through again.

Working as of 21/07/2026

Hello All,

Yesterday I went into my messages to search for a specific text and this is what appeared. I can't search for anything whatsoever anymore. I have not updated my phone recently as I have read that after updating this can sometimes occur. I've tried some various other "remedies" from year+ old posts I've come across but nothing has worked yet. Any ideas? Currently on iOS 26.3.1. There is an update available 26.5.2 but I don't have enough storage space to install it currently. Should I clear space and install to see if it fixes, or does anyone know any other fixes besides having to update?

Thanks!

i tried to unzip a file in my chrome folder and it's completely disappeared and taking up 7gb. under 'storage', the 'files' app is now taking up 7gb, however i can't see nor search for the file. i tried deleting the files app and restarting, but as i suspected that didn't fix the issue.

using iOS 17

Hello everyone! Over the last month, I have experienced very annoying and frustrating issues with iMessage, and was wondering if anyone can relate or has a fix. So in groupchats with Apple and Android users, 3 main issues happen. The first one is just slow texting in general. Messages take longer than normal to send, some messages fail to send all together, and more. The next issue is my messages randomly get changed to SMS instead of the usual RCS. It goes away within a couple of hours, but happens very often and I have not found a fix. The final issue is that the iMessage app, usually when I try to reply to a message or hold down a message in a groupchat, completely freezes for seconds to maybe a minute and remains this way after several attempts at closing the app. Can anyone else relate? I currently have an iPhone 16 Pro with the latest software update. Another friend is experiencing the exact same issues, neither of us have found a fix.

Not sure if this is the right place, so feel free to send me elsewhere.

For the few months, I have had a terrible time texting with a group. There are four of us. 3 of us using apples (including me) and an android.

I have an iphone, two ipads and an imac. Whenever I get texts form this group using the ipads or the imac, the message app locks up and shuts down. It does not does this at all on the iphone.

All devices are updated.

I have not tried much. Muting the conversations, restarting all devices and that is about it.

The only other piece of information I can think would be helpful is at one point the conversation split. So if I am looking at my phone, there will be two of the same group in the side bar.

Any help or guidance is appreciated.

I was on the subway and suddenly I completely lost cellular service, which is normal because it's underground. However, I got off the train and my service didn't come back. Left my phone alone and hours later it still didn't come back. I did not drop my phone or do anything out of the ordinary. I was holding my phone the entire time, didn't drop/shake/bend it, and did nothing out of the ordinary. I've not experienced any significant issues with my cellular service before.

Checked my Cellular tab and it says "Issue Detected." Diagnostics flagged both outdated software and potential hardware issues. Location services still work. Notably, the space next to Modem Firmware is completely blank.

I tried updating my phone to the latest version of IOS 18 because I've been dreading IOS 26, but after downloading my phone got stuck on on the "Verifying Update" screen, even after force restarting it twice.

I'm planning on connecting my phone to my laptop when I get home from work and updating to IOS 26 that way to try to make sure the download is as stable as possible. I have not reset my network settings/wiped my phone yet. I also have an appointment at the Apple Store tomorrow, but I'd like to try to resolve this on my own first.

Does anyone have any idea why this happened and how I can fix it? Please help me

I can’t simultaneously use YouTube Music and call someone on Discord without the music being ridiculously loud. The control center has a volume slider under the music tab, but it just… doesn’t work? Raising my friend’s mic volume to max on Discord barely helps at all either, that’s just how loud the music is in comparison. I’ve tried finding answers online and it’s either outdated information or just flat out wrong. Am I missing something here or does this just not exist for whatever reason? Is there an app I can download to fix this? I know some other companies have separate apps.

(forgive me if this is the wrong sub or tag. i’m not an avid reddit user)

I've found several guides on how to transfer those files, and none of them worked. I've bunch of stuff I want to migrate to iCloud. I've managed to move photos to iPhone using LocalSend and now they're sent to iCloud, which is fine, but it couldn't sent mp4 files. I want those videos to be visible in Photos app. What I did so far:

- tried to use iCloud app, but the upload time is so horrendous it's basically useless,

- tried to use iTunes, but it couldn't detect my iPhone,

- iCloud website nor Apple Devices app didn't allow me to send mp4,

- connected iPhone through USB, but it seems it's only in read mode, as I couldn't copy anything there.

I use Windows 11 and iPhone 17, 26.5.2 version.

I recently noticed that two folders within my Mail account show no messages on my iPhone and iPad. However, there are messages within these folders and they appear on my Macbook Pro and Mail if open iCloud in Safari.

All of my devices are updated. I turned off and off iCloud mail sync on my iPhone and Macbook Pro. This did not make a difference. I moved messages from one folder to the archive and can now see those messages. However, for the second folder, I created a new folder, moved the messages from the second folder to the new folder. I can see them on my Macbook Pro and iCloud in Safari, but they continue to not show on my iPhone or iPad. When I open the folder on my iPhone it will briefly show downloading, then say updated just now, with no messages. Enough time has passed that the messages should have been downloaded.

Any ideas of what the issue could be or how to fix it?