The iPhone home screen was once in German home screen It was called completely static. You weren’t even allowed to move the icons. Gradually, Apple opened up the configuration options, and finally you were allowed to do that too Integrate widgets or icon in a App Library ban. with iOS 18 The settings functions of the home screen have become even more powerful: users can now finally (almost) completely independently adjust it to their needs. Apple has also thought about coloring the icons. And: new features should also be part of it from the start iPadOS 18 Happen.
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Everything here is so beautifully colourful – and potentially confusing too
So that users do not lose track, there are for example different templates for possible colors. The new, free arrangement of icons is still based on a grid, but for the first time it is possible to leave free areas on the home screen. This helps, for example, to separate important work areas on the device or to make the background image shine more beautifully. For the first time, it is also possible to resize the icons and color them as desired.
Adjustments to dark mode have also been considered, and Apple has also revised the widget view. Which icon areas are left open can be set completely freely – if you want, you can even have only one icon per page. The icons can have a type for standard and dark mode, i.e. their appearance can be changed suitably. If you don’t want some apps to be visible at all, you can move them to a “hidden” folder. This can then be secured using biometrics (Face ID or Touch ID).
Control Center and assignable lockscreen buttons
Apple has also cleaned up a lot elsewhere. iOS 18 has a completely revised Control Center, which can now also have multiple screens. There will even be a kind of store with collections, for example from vehicle manufacturers. The look has been improved and some areas of the Control Center have been organized, for example for controlling HomeKit or Matter setups.
Apple also goes into great detail elsewhere: For the first time, the company is letting you change the two big icons on the lock screen, which currently give you quick access to the camera and flashlight. Apple now allows two of them here To assign multiple functions to buttons – From translation to stopwatch. Animation has also been worked on so that when you press one of the buttons (such as volume or action buttons) you can see it directly on the display.
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