TestFlight App for iOS Gets New Icon

[MacRumors]

Apple today updated its TestFlight app for iOS to version 2.7.0, and according to the release notes, the update adds stability improvements and bug fixes. There's one other hidden addition that went unmentioned -- a new icon.

Old icon on left, new icon on right​

Apple has once again refined the TestFlight app icon to introduce a new design. The icon continues to feature a propeller, but the new look adds a 3D effect and does away with the simplicity of the prior icon.

TestFlight is Apple's app that developers are able to use to provide beta versions of apps to media, testers, and others to get their apps ready for release.

Article Link: TestFlight App for iOS Gets New Icon

 

[James_C]

Slow news day

I like the new design though.

 

[macfacts]

skeuomorphism is back

 

[dlewis23]

Highly detailed nice looking icon. I suspect all icons will be moving to a more detailed direction shortly.

 

[mxcl]

They are app icon shapes, in case that wasn’t clear. Recently someone from Apple showed that the App Store icon is also a face on viewing of a 3D scene of app icon shapes.

Edit:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1278207022329028608

 

[dlewis23]

skeuomorphism is back

It's not really skeuomorphism. Its more Neumorphism, basically adding some depth to flat design.

 

[cmaier]

I don't think that propeller design would work.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Wow it looks so fancy! love the attention to details. Keep it up Apple.

 

[portland_bill]

Wow. This really is something only Apple can do.

 

[diego.caraballo]

Ohhh it was a propeller? Honestly didn’t know

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Guys! Sit back and relax for a minute. I think Apple got this idea from going Carbon Neutral. Check out the article Apple published. The propeller matches what's in the article.

Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030

Already carbon neutral for its operations, Apple is unveiling a roadmap to achieve zero carbon for its supply chain and products by 2030.

www.apple.com

 

[apple_unreal]

Ohhh it was a propeller? Honestly didn’t know

It is so obvious.

 

[anshuvorty]

Someone on Twitter mentioned that this icon fits the design language of macOS Big Sur and Apple possibly hinting at a Testflight app for macOS.

This would make sense because when the Apple Silicon Macs arrive later this year, iOS apps will be able to run on macOS. It would make sense to test these Apps not only on iOS but also on Apple Silicon-based macOS Big Sur.

 

[nick9191]

That guy on here that really hates flat design is going to be happy

 

[cmaier]

Wow. This really is something only Apple can do.

What?

 

[ChromeCloud]

I like the old one better.

 

[boss.king]

Guys! Sit back and relax for a minute. I think Apple got this idea from going Carbon Neutral. Check out the article Apple published. The propeller matches what's in the article.

Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030

Already carbon neutral for its operations, Apple is unveiling a roadmap to achieve zero carbon for its supply chain and products by 2030.

www.apple.com

What? It’s a propeller, like on a plane, cos it’s called Test Flight. Nothing to do with renewable energy.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Wow. This really is something only Apple can do.

What????

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

What? It’s a propeller, like on a plane, cos it’s called Test Flight. Nothing to do with renewable energy.

It resembles and matches up with the renewal energy. Check under Microscope.

 

[Analog Kid]

It's interesting that "Designed by Apple in California" is in the icon itself now...

 

[cmaier]

It resembles and matches up with the renewal energy. Check under Microscope.

Huh? You mean a windmill?

 

[idmean]

Ohhh it was a propeller? Honestly didn’t know

So what did you think it was??

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Huh? You mean a windmill?

Yes Sir! You got it.

 

[rp2011]

Love the new icon! Beautiful

 

[cmaier]

Yes Sir! You got it.

Well, only because a propeller and a windmill rely on the same physics and thus look alike. It’s called “TestFLIGHT,“ not ”testMILL.”