One of the most talked about innovations in iOS 18 is Apple’s big change to the Photos app. According to the manufacturer, this is the “biggest revision ever” since its introduction. According to Apple, it aims to “make it easier to find and relive special moments”. There is also a single, now significantly simplified standard view. With the new collections, it should also be possible to sort photos by topic without first sorting them into albums. However, not every user likes the new look: beta testers complain that at least initially they can’t find their way around it. Apple has now made a public statement on this: Apple managers commented on one Newspapers published in Abu Dhabi About the changes and the meaning behind them.
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Bill Sorrentino, senior director of human interface design, said Apple’s goal is to eliminate friction. “As the number of features, users and photo libraries has grown, the density of the (Photos) app has also increased.” The aim is to save users from having to browse half of the app. “Instead, we created a simplified, streamlined single approach that relies on deep artificial intelligence.” How intelligent it really is can be seen when working with large media collections.
The main problem is that long-time users initially don’t know where to find their most frequently used functions. After all, there are now several new filters that help you find invoices or screenshots more quickly (or move them out of the display). As part of the beta, Apple is also continuing to work on its “biggest redesign of the Photos app” and may still fix particularly annoying changes.
Apple: Automatic views are the “key”
They offer a wide range of customization options, which in the future will be done automatically thanks to the aforementioned “deep AI”, said Sorrentino’s colleague Della Huff, manager of the camera and photo product marketing team at Apple. “Everyone’s workflow is different (…) but that’s really the key.”
iOS 18 will probably be released in September. By then, general users will also be able to try out the update. It’s still in July With the launch of the public beta to count,
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