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On June 10th (local time), Apple announced iOS 18 at the developer event WWDC24, announcing a fall update. The update includes changes to app positions. However, some people on Twitter (formerly Twitter) are cold towards the change. What on earth is going on?

In a news release, Apple touted iOS 18 as bringing “all-new customization options, the biggest redesign ever of Photos, and powerful updates to help you stay connected.”

The hot topic is the UI (user interface), specifically the wider range of customization available on the home screen and control center.

“You’ll be able to place apps and widgets in any available space on your Home screen, customise the buttons at the bottom of your Lock screen, and quickly access more controls in Control Centre,” Apple explains.

However, this alone makes it hard to imagine what this means, and it’s hard to understand what has changed and how, so in this article I’ll provide a brief explanation.

From Apple’s news release. iOS 18 enables “a new level of customization”

The new iOS 18 home screen introduced during the keynote

Intentionally creating blank spaces to create a UI that does not interfere with the wallpaper

If you check the current version of iOS 17 on an iPhone, you will see that it is designed to fill up the entire vertical and horizontal space with apps, and you cannot intentionally create empty space. Even if you move an app to a new page, it is forced to be placed from the top left, so you cannot place it where you want.

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It is possible to paste widgets into the empty spaces in iOS 17, but for example, you can only put widgets on the top few rows, leave the middle row blank, and arrange apps on the bottom row…it’s not a very sensible design.

According to the demo at WWDC24 and the images released by Apple in a press release, you can intentionally leave the top few rows empty so that apps and widgets do not interfere with the wallpaper set on the home screen. In addition, you can change the color of the entire icon, which allows for more customization.

Previously, apps on the home screen were arranged in order from the top left, and with this wallpaper, the apps were overlapping the dog’s face.

But with iOS 18, you can move multiple apps to a different location at once.

I was able to place the app without obscuring the dog’s face.

You can place the widget wherever you want.

You can now change the color of all your apps at once.

For Android users, it may seem like “it’s too late now,” but for iPhone users, it’s “it’s finally here!”

In a news release, Apple introduced this update as “a new level of customization and performance,” and while some on social media have praised it as a “god update,” others have criticized it, saying, “How many laps behind is this?” and “Android has had this for 10 years.” In fact, from the earliest versions of Android, you could place apps anywhere on the home screen.

In the past, there have been cases where Apple has been praised for following up on features that Android has already supported, such as FeliCa and wireless charging in hardware, and widgets and lock screen shortcuts in software.

The change in app placement came more than 10 years after Android, and it was already commonplace for the iPhone to not support it. That’s why some people look at it with a cold eye, but for iPhone users, it’s a long-awaited update that makes them think, “It’s finally here!” In any case, I’d like to update it and see how it actually feels.

Since the early days of Android, apps have been able to be placed anywhere on the home screen. The image shows a model released in 2010, from an article in March 2011.

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