I am at the level where I dont really know what feature I even would like in IOS to make it better. But in control center, just be able to quickly switch between AirPods/no AirPods would be cool since it's a few steps away right now and the auto-switch feature never really works. However, improving maps, Siri (by like 1000%), improved continuity-features, etc. would be a fine update for me. It feels like the "WE NEED A RE DESIGN"-ppl only want a re-design without a real purpose.. the design is fine and you'd get used to the new design in a few weeks then ask for another re-design again for the next update.
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iOS 17 Rumored to Feature 'Major' Changes to iPhone's Control Center
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iOS is lacking innovation and it’s so boring to look at. Apple is not innovative at all. I wish Steve Jobs is still in charge.
I'd just like them to look at Android and go, hey that makes more sense, let's do it like that! Merge it with notification centre too.
How about the same icons as on the Home Screen instead of the dumb white flat design representations. Tired of the micro-delays in recognition caused by that “genius” idea (and from flat, “buttonless,” ios7-esque design in general) that result in taking additional time and effort to do something, all for the sake of aesthetics/form.
Eff the changes. Make the features that are there finally reliable across the board.
iOS 17 will feature "major" changes to Control Center on the iPhone, according to a MacRumors forum member who leaked accurate details about the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro before the device was announced last year.
In an email, the anonymous source added that iOS 17 will be focused on performance and stability improvements, suggesting that a revamped Control Center could be one of the more prominent changes coming with the software update. Apple is expected to announce iOS 17 during the WWDC 2023 keynote on June 5, and as usual, the first beta version should be made available to developers for testing later that day.
The source did not provide any specific details about changes planned for Control Center, which has looked largely the same since iOS 11 was released in 2017. The menu provides iPhone users with convenient access to controls for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, display brightness, volume, and many other system functions. On the iPhone X and newer, Control Center can be opened by swiping down from the top-right corner of the screen.
Introduced with iOS 7, Control Center turns 10 this year. On a speculative basis, Apple could make Control Center more customizable and revamp the menu's design after six years of minimal changes, but exact changes if any remain to be seen.
While the forum member has a proven track record, this rumor has yet to be corroborated by other sources, and Apple's plans are subject to change.
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Any major OS/iOS overhaul makes zero sense. Outside of appeasing short attention spans wanting to see something shiny and new just to see something shiny and new, any major overhaul would just be an admission of how very wrong every aspect of the interface was. And how likely is that to have been the case? Not likely. Ios7’s overhaul was more about Jony Ive’s selfish ego than good, balanced interface design improvement that should be all about incrementally improving a great foundation based on decades of learning with occasional refinements, innovations, and minor refreshening.
When’s the last time you or anyone overhauled how you walk down the street, and how much of an improvement was it?
If anything, major overhauls make sense only in the invisible areas that can’t be incrementally refined easily…hardware, coding that got too inefficient, etc.
You seem to use the word "permanently" differently to everyone else.
It's a toggle. It's not permanent.
More flexibility would be good as Apple only allows you to change the rows at the bottom of course.
Change the OS to what? Android has not changed or Google. They are all still using icons on the home screen. There are only flat icon design and skeuomorphism icon design.
Only windows has changed.
Not sure what you have in mind they change to look and feel.
What are you looking for taskbar than say dock? Or some thing like windows 8 live tiles.
Yes true.
They could put control center to the left with all the widgets. That would make it easier to get to.
F*** I miss the old iOS with the home button.
My dad is always annoyed that his phone keeps turning bluetooth back on. He knows where the switch is, he just doesn't know that he needs to use it and every time I tell him that there's a switch in settings he puts it off for one day and never does it.
There are plenty of countries where the government actually does track its citizens to root out opposition and this kind of ”soft” toggle can get someone killed if they don’t realize it. It’s not always about you.
On the other hand, when there is trouble with the ISP, it’s annoying to find I’ve stopped receiving messages because my phone has decided to re-attach to wifi when I’ve turned it off in the control centre. It doesn’t take much, just go out of range for a bit and it reconnects.
It’s the same thing with mobile hotspot. You can’t turn it off unless you turn off wifi and BT completely.
Yuck. That looks so dated. But at least you left off the silly gloss.i wouldnt even mind the MacOS icons on iOS 17
False. Permanent = off until/unless you turn it back on, and when you toggle it off by accident, there is no until/unless.
Well I would not expect any other kind of comment from someone who actually turns WIFI and Bluetooth off.
Swipe down on the Home Screen and start typing “Settings”.
Well, you tell him that... he turns it off because he thinks it drains the battery. Which, to be fair, it does a little bit.