iOS 7.1 Beta 3 Tidbits: Revamped Keyboard, Darker Icons, New Phone Look, and MoreEarlier today, Apple
released 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 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 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 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" 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 that are more prominent, and iTunes Radio has a revamped "New" button.
<center>
iOS 7 buttons on the left, iOS 7.1 buttons on the right</center>
According to a
recent report 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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