After sharing tons of {hardware} with us in latest weeks, Apple reportedly has plans to overtake its software program later this yr. Based on Bloomberg, Apple’s upcoming fall software program updates for iPhone, iPad, and Mac “will essentially change the look of the working methods and make Apple’s numerous software program platforms extra constant.”
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 (codenamed “Luck”), in addition to macOS 16 (codenamed “Cheer”), will alter the look of many design parts, together with icons, menus, apps, home windows, and system buttons. That is mentioned to be essentially the most vital redesign for the iPhone since iOS 7 and for the Mac since Huge Sur.
The first purpose behind these design overhauls is to carry extra cohesion to Apple’s disparate working methods. The working methods that energy iPhones, Macs, and Imaginative and prescient Execs look and behave in a different way, and Apple desires them to be extra constant from system to system. The brand new designs will reportedly be loosely primarily based on visionOS.
Alan Dye, Apple’s Vice President of Design, is overseeing the initiative. He was employed by former design chief Jony Ive to assist construct iOS 7 and watchOS.
Along with serving to unify its system ecosystem, a splashy design overhaul may assist distract from Apple’s AI failures. Simply final week, Apple confirmed that its AI-powered Siri improve, which was anticipated to debut as a part of iOS 18.4, had been delayed. iPhone house owners is perhaps ready till 2027 (or longer) for Apple Intelligence to match the likes of ChatGPT.
With AI seemingly on the again burner, Apple will reportedly concentrate on its iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16 redesigns at WWDC 2025 this June.
