Everything indicates that this year, we will see design changes throughout the Apple ecosystem. Is it really logical that everything is practically the same?
For a few days, the dates on which the WWDC 2025 will take place are already known. Like every year, Apple will benefit from Present the different new versions of all its operating systemsWho will soon be available for users of devices such as iPhone, iPad, Mac and the rest of their devices.
However, the reality is that, in particular, this year, a great expectation has been generated around the brand, because a large number of changes in iOS 19 inspired by The design of current visionOperating system of Apple Vision Pro glasses. And, for a few years, the company tries to offer the same visual experience in all its products but, Does it really make sense?
Same design in all brand operating systems?
Let's start to travel in the past, in particular in 2013. Apple took the opportunity to announce the new features of iOS 7, the new operating system for the iPhone and iPad which abandoned the classic aesthetics of the Steve Jobs era and introduced and introduced Interesting changes in the interface Faced with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. A new style with more striking colors, more transparency and simplicity which, although to a lesser extent, have been maintained so far.
The changes liked it, and the truth is that it was no less. So much that, A year later, in 2014, OS X Yosemite appeared And a very similar design has been introduced for Mac computers users, starting with the unification of brand software design. Since then, although it is true that there are obvious changes, the reality is that iOS, iPados and MacOS share a few design lines More than obvious.
With OS X Yosemite, Apple began to share its stars design between its different operating systems
However, these lines had not just applied to certain brand products. We can see that, from practically the launch, The Apple Watch operating system follows a somewhat different lineWith icons and options that tend towards abandonment and not only in corners, as in the rest of the systems.
The turning point was the launch of Visionos 2, an operating system used by Apple Vision Pro Glasses which, despite its similarities in functionalities with devices such as Mac computers, It is not completely intermediaft by offering much greater transparency, completely round icons Like those of Apple Watch, and a multitude of aesthetic changes that make it very different from what we have been used to so far.
Everything indicates that this operating system, as happened with iOS 7 in 2013, was simply the Predecessor of the new modifications that Apple is about to present Faced with other systems, with the difference that there are now much more. It would not be surprising that, as indicated by rumors, let's see an approach in the aesthetics of iOS, iPados and MacOS, which probably also extends to Watchos and Tvos to cover all the brand's brands. In fact, this is confirmed by the design of its new application invitations, which offer interesting changes with regard to what we had seen so far.
The advantages that all software is the same
The fact that the software of all devices maintains a very similar design and arrangement has certain advantages for end users. In generating a Full feeling of continuity Among all the teams, which can make people easier and more comfortable to use The whole ecosystem.
Can Identify the different applications and elements of the system for the same icons and colors, regardless of seeing the mobile screen, the tablet, the computer or the device, will facilitate the use of all the brand's products, in particular the most inexperienced users.
However, it's important Avoid crossing certain lines. And, if each product is really different, and in fact it has a different operating system for this, it is possible that The fact that everything is the same causes certain controversies to some people who do not only identify the differences between them.
Different products, different software
A too similar design could cause problems. For example, at present, one of the big doubts is generally between the purchase of an iPad or a MacBook and is that, with the design changes that you have had in recent years, it is A reality that looks too much like MacOS could bemainly for the use of a dock down.
The fact that all software shares the design of certain people not to recognize the differences between certain brand products
Do not be informed enough before I could make the end user make a wrong purchaseBecause it is possible that a person buy an iPad and be short, or that you buy one of the Mac computers when, in reality, the iPad was a better option to be cheaper and have the corresponding touch screen.
In addition, it is also important Take into account the size of the devices. The workspace offered by Apple Vision Pro is not the same, which is practically infinite, that what a Mac computer can offer, even less what an Apple Watch can offer. For this same reason, it is very important that, as the brand has accustomed us, The level of detail is a lot taken and everything adapts In the best possible way to avoid controversies.
In any case, it is quite clear that Users are looking for a design changeBecause many expectations have been created around the new possible appearance of operating systems such as the new iOS 19. However, I hope Apple knows how to mark the lines so as not to confuse to end users of their products with the same design.
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