iOS 19: Apple iPhone New Design: ‘Biggest Overhaul’ Coming In Weeks, Report Claims

One of the most dramatic software overhauls in Apple’s history is coming, a new report says, which will “transform the interface of the iPhone, iPad and Mac for a new generation of users,” it’s claimed.

The iPhone software is about to change radically, a new report claims. NurPhoto via Getty Imagesb

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that while the iPhone changes which will come in the next tranche of software, iOS 19, will be the “biggest overhaul in a dozen years,” there will also be big alterations in software for the iPad and Mac, to “make Apple’s various software platforms more consistent.”

The dozen years mention refers to iOS 7, released in September 2013, when 3D-style app icons on the iPhone were replaced by layered and flatter imagery. It was a radical change which quickly became accepted and mimicked by much of the smartphone industry.

This time, it seems, the updating will be similarly widespread. It “includes updating the style of icons, menus, apps, windows and system buttons,” Gurman said, and includes a move to simplifying the way people navigate their devices and control them.

It’s thought that the look will be loosely based on the way the Vision Pro software appears—notably with circular app icons, translucent panels and prominent use of shadow, though not all elements will apply on the iPhone, iPad and Mac, it’s thought.

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