Apple<\/a> is set to make tweaks to the controversial new look of its operating system \u2013 but not do away with it entirely, according to new reports.<\/p>\nIn September, along with its new iPhone 17 models, Apple introduced \u201cLiquid Glass\u201d, a new look for all of the software that runs on Apple\u2019s devices.<\/p>\n
Apple said that it was built to reflect the idea that its devices are a single piece of glass, and to help people focus on the content that they watch on them. But critics voiced loud and intense dislike of the change, arguing that it made using the phone more difficult and obscured important information.<\/p>\n
Since then, Apple has made a number of small tweaks to the design, including allowing users to switch off some of the more controversial transparency effects. It has also lost the designer, Alan Dye, who led the change and publicly launched it.<\/p>\n
That has led to some speculation that the company could be planning either to ditch the update entirely or make significant tweaks to how it looks.<\/p>\n
Now a new report suggests that Apple will make changes to the look of the iPhone. But will focus on the \u201cshadows and transparency quirks\u201d of the new look, according to Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman, who has a strong track record of reporting Apple changes before they become public.<\/p>\n
The changes will particularly focus on the implementation of the new look on MacOS, he reported. Those received particular criticism because some of those quirks were particularly visible on the Mac\u2019s bigger displays.<\/p>\n
Some of that criticism might be because Apple had designed the new look with a view to using it on the OLED screens that are on the iPhone and other Apple devices, he suggested. MacBooks do not yet have that display technology \u2013 but are expected to launch with it soon.<\/p>\n
Outside of the new look, Apple is working on performance and battery improvements for the next versions of its software, he reported. It is also expected to bring an updated version of Siri \u2013\u00a0which Apple has been promising to improve with new AI technology for years, but is yet to arrive.<\/p>\n
Apple is expected to reveal all of the new changes at its Worldwide Developers Conference, its annual software event, which is scheduled for 8 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone 16 phones on display during the launch on 20 September, 2024, at the Apple Store in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[936,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-443720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Apple iPhone 16 phones on display during the launch on 20 September, 2024, at the Apple Store in New York (AFP\/Getty) <\/p>\n