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Apple ’s WWDC 2024is just a couple of calendar month out . As with every WWDC , we ’ll see what Apple has in store for the next multiplication of computer software across its hardware portfolio , including the iPhone withiOS 18 .

hearsay have been purl about iOS 18 and how it will be “ one of the adult updates yet . ” We experience some feature likeRCS keep in Messagesare definitely come , with other whispers ofbig home screen customization changesand more .

All of that sounds cracking , but there ’s one other change I ’m hoping for more than anything else .

iOS has grown stale

When thefirst iPhonewas discover in 2007 , the skeuomorphic interface of iPhone OS was iconic . It was clear that Apple put a fortune of idea into the designs of each single app image , from the textured notepad newspaper of the Notes icon to the television camera lens for the Camera app . Each one was cautiously project to mimic its real - life counterpart .

Then iOS 7 came along and flattened everything . The beautiful particular , texture , and life - similar icons were replaced with bland and boring gradient - fulfil square toes with basic icons inside . Even buttons disappeared , and composition became thinner than ever .

And this bland , lifeless interface has become received for the preceding decade . Even Android ’s textile You invention is flat and unimaginative to my eyes .   It took seven looping of Io before we had a huge shift key in how it looked . And now , we ’ve been living with that same overall aesthetic for 10 years .

The one iOS 18 change I’m hoping for

A   late report   suggestsiOS 18 could be prompt by visionOS design element . This stems from a leak out image of what looks like the iOS 18 Camera app , originally reported byMacRumors . However , it has since been revealed that the figure is possibly fake .

The effigy shows the Camera app with limpid , glass - like grey bar on the top and bottom instead of the usual black 1 in iOS 17 . Even if the original “ making water ” is faux , I would have intercourse to see iOS get a visionOS - inspired designing . I tried out the Apple Vision Proat a nearby Apple Store , and while I did not purchase one , I did enjoy the brusque experience with it — especially Apple ’s software pattern .

Since visionOS float in front of you , the picture and menus have profundity as your eye hover on them . I personally care the transparent glass aesthetic , as it reminds me a bit of the erstwhile OS X Aqua port .

Take a look at this picture of various visionOS design element . I do it the rounded corner of the pop - up boxes and notifications , and it has a tenuous bit of profundity to it , at least more than what presently be in iOS . It ’s more visually interesting than what iOS looks like now . I could see some accessibility issues with the transparent design , but if treat correctly , this could be a huge step forward for iOS designing .

Apple has already fine-tune some purpose ingredient in tvOS 17.2 , like adding a transparent piloting cake standardized to what you get in visionOS . It would n’t be surprising to see iOS 18 have some similar visual tweak , if not a double-dyed overhaul , once it launch alongside theiPhone 16this dusk .

Please let this happen, Apple

There ’s a lot to calculate forward to with iOS 18 . I ’m looking forrad to possibly being able to put my app icon anywhere I beshrew well please on my home base screenland in iOS 18 . RCS funding is long delinquent , and the rumored AI characteristic could be really interesting .

But more than that , I ca n’t stop thinking about the medical prognosis of a visual overhaul . iOS is in dire need of a rhytidoplasty , and consider the other big changes Apple has plan for this yr ’s update , Io 18 seems like the arrant prison term to finally make that happen .