iOS 18 supports App icon color changes, see more details next month

At present, Apple has officially confirmed this year's WWDC event. It will be held at Apple Park from June 11 to 15, 2024 Beijing Time (June 10 to 14, 2024 Pacific Time).

The event will showcase cutting-edge innovations in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS.

Now, with the clock ticking down to late May 2024, there have been a lot of leaks about the upcoming iOS 18.

As mentioned in the previous news, iOS 18 will have a home screen with higher customization freedom. It will allow users to place application ICONS anywhere in the home screen grid. This means that users can create Spaces, columns, and rows between application ICONS.

At the same time, multiple sources have mentioned that Apple will bring the biggest home screen overhaul in years in iOS 18. Based on this, many speculate that in addition to icon arrangement, it is expected to bring additional customization options.

 

Now, a new leak reveals that users will be able to change the color of app ICONS in iOS 18. For example, users can set all social ICONS to blue, or set some ICONS to other colors they like. This home screen customization is currently only possible by creating a single action shortcut key with a custom icon for launching an application.

In addition to the changes to the home screen app ICONS, iOS 18 will adopt some VisionOS-inspired design elements, bringing a design similar to the visionOS operating system, with new changes to design elements and UI.

In addition, iOS 18 will add new audio transcription features to the Voice Memos and memo apps, and both voice Memos and memo apps will provide transcription support for audio recordings. Among them, the memo program is also able to provide AI-generated summaries of audio points.

The "Web eraser" feature allows users to remove certain parts of a web page, such as ads, images, etc.

Changes made by users using the Web Eraser will always take effect. When a user visits a modified Web page again, Safari alerts the user that the page has been adjusted according to the changes they made earlier, and provides a restore option to restore the page to its original state.
In addition to iOS, memos in macOS will also support these features.

 

iOS 18 will feature the Safari browsing assistant, which is expected to summarize web content, as well as "smart search" and "web eraser" features.

Apple is reportedly planning to include a redesigned control menu in the Safari address bar. One of the new tools is "smart search." The tool will be able to "identify topics and keywords in web pages" and generate summaries of web pages.

In addition to the new iOS upgrade, there is also new news about Apple's subsequent iPad series adjustments.

It is reported that a recent leak mentioned that as horizontal use is becoming more and more the main application scenario of iPad devices, the future iPad may appear horizontal Apple logo.

It has also been mentioned in previous Revelations that Apple will continue to adjust the front-facing camera placement scheme for its iPad series devices. The next step will be to equip more devices with a front camera in the landscape center. This will make it more natural when placed horizontally for video calls.