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Title: iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More Post by: HCK on January 14, 2014, 02:00:12 pm iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and More
Earlier today, Apple released (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/07/apple-releases-ios-7-1-beta-3-to-developers/) the third beta of iOS 7.1 to developers, which included both bug fixes and a number of visual changes that give several aspects of iOS 7 an entirely new look and feel. For example, the Phone dialer has been revamped with new buttons and several icons have had their color toned down, making iOS 7 less neon. We've rounded up all of the visual changes that have been found in the iOS 7.1 beta thus far, creating an overview of what iOS 7 might look like in just a few months if the revisions make it into the final public release. <strong>Keyboard:</strong> The keyboard in iOS 7 has been slightly revamped, adding a slight boldness to the font and a new design to the delete and shift keys. It also incorporates a somewhat darker, less yellow gray tone. Overall, the keyboard changes have the effect of adding contrast and making the letters easier to see. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-397976" alt="ios71keyboard" src="http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/ios71keyboard.jpg" width="800" height="262" /><center>iOS 7 keyboard on the left, iOS 7.1 keyboard on the right</center> <strong>Icons:</strong> The green color in the Phone, Messages, and FaceTime apps has been toned down and is now darker, especially at the bottom of the icons. This introduces a less neon coloration to iOS 7, cutting down on some of the operating system's brightness. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-397977" alt="newios7colors" src="http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/newios7colors.jpg" width="436" height="272" /><center>Darker iOS 7.1 icons on the top, brighter iOS 7 icons on the bottom</center> <strong>Phone:</strong> The Phone app has seen the biggest changes, with a renewed focus on simple, circular buttons. The standard incoming call screen (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18605986&postcount=156) with rectangular buttons has been replaced with a black background and two round Accept and Decline icons. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-397979" alt="incomingcall" src="http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/incomingcall.jpg" width="412" height="600" /><center>New incoming call buttons</center> The "Call" and "End" buttons visible on the dialer (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18605570&postcount=71) have also been replaced with circular icons. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-397978" alt="phonedialer" src="http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/phonedialer.jpg" width="796" height="701" /><center>iOS 7 dialer on the left, iOS 7.1 dialer on the right</center> <strong>Wallpaper:</strong> When selecting a new wallpaper, users can now choose to turn the parallax effect on or off. <strong>Control Center:</strong> Control Center's brightness and volume sliders now maintain momentum when they are flicked, a new feature that fits in well with a previous bounce animation added (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/13/apple-seeds-ios-7-1-beta-2-to-developers/) in iOS 7.1 beta 2. <strong>Shut down:</strong> The power off screen when shutting down the phone has a new look that does away with the red "slide to power off" and cancel tabs first introduced with iOS 7. The new design includes a power button icon at the top and a cancel icon at the bottom. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-397980" alt="slidetopoweroff" src="http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/slidetopoweroff.jpg" width="325" height="500" /><center>Slide to Power Off in iOS 7.1</center> <strong>Accessibility:</strong> A New option has been added in the Accessibility's Contrast menu, allowing users to reduce iOS 7's white point. This feature joins both the "Button Shapes (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/13/apple-seeds-ios-7-1-beta-2-to-developers/)" and Darken Colors options that were added in an older iOS 7.1 beta. <strong>Music:</strong> The Music app has new shuffle and repeat buttons (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18606324&postcount=223) that are more prominent, and iTunes Radio has a revamped "New" button. (http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/01/musicios71.jpg)<center>iOS 7 buttons on the left, iOS 7.1 buttons on the right</center> According to a recent report (http://www.macrumors.com/2013/12/23/ios-7-1-launching-march-following-lengthy-testing-period/) from BGR, iOS 7.1 may not make it to consumers until March, indicating that the software will see a lengthy beta testing period. Beta 3’s release notes indicated a number of known issues that remain with iOS 7.1, suggesting that the update is not yet ready for the public. 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