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iOS 7
File:IOS 7 Home Screen.png
iOS 7 as previewed at WWDC
DeveloperApple Inc.
OS familyiOS
Source modelClosed, with open-source components
Released to
manufacturing		Q3 — Q4 of 2013
Latest preview11A4372q / June 10, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-06-10)[1][2]
PlatformsiPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th generation).[3]
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseProprietary EULA except for open-source components
Preceded byiOS 6
Official websiteOfficial website

iOS 7 is an upcoming mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc. as the successor to iOS 6. It was announced at the company's 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10, and will be released later in 2013. It includes a redesigned user interface and a number of improvements to the operating system's functionality. The design of iOS 7's new elements, was led by Jonathan "Jony" Ive, Apple's Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, in a short period of 8 months.[4]

History

The launch of iOS 6 in September 2012 was controversial due to its removal of Google Maps due to conflicts regarding licensing, and its replacement with an Apple-built Maps application.[5] Upon launch, users who had upgraded reported several errors regarding the service's accuracy and completeness,[6] leading to CEO Tim Cook to apologize for the errors and suggest iOS 6 users use other mapping applications available in the App Store. Consequently, on October 29, Scott Forstall was dismissed as Senior Vice President (SVP) of iOS and his responsibilities divided among jony Ive, who became the company-wide SVP for Human Interface, Craig Federighi, whose role as SVP for Mac Software Engineering was expanded to include iOS, Eddy Cue, who gained leadership for Maps and Siri under his duties as SVP for Internet Software and Services and Bob Mansfield, who returned from his recent retirement to become SVP for Teschnologies.[7] Forstall's departure was attributed to his refusal to sign a letter admitting to responsibility for errors in the Maps service.[8]

Ive is considered to be a proponent of flat design compared to Forstall and former CEO Steve Jobs, who supported skeuomorphic design.[9] In September 2012, Fast Company published a feature on the skeuomorphism controversy within Apple, citing designer complaints over the faux-leather in iCal—designed to imitate seating in Jobs' personal airliner—and Jobs' support of casino-like elements within Game Center in iOS 5.[10] Almost immediately after Ive's appointment, speculation started that Ive would seek to remove skeuomorphic elements within the operating system; for example, on October 31, Mark Hattersley, a writer for Macworld, wrote a column for Digital Arts speculating that Ive's opposition to skeuomorphism would affect his design policy within iOS.[10]

Features

iOS 7 was unveiled during the opening keynote of Apple's WWDC on June 10, 2013. Billed as the "biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone", the most notable change is a complete overhaul of the user interface.[3] In a promotional video shown during the keynote, Ive described the update as "bringing order to complexity", highlighting features such as refined typography, new icons, translucency, layering and gyroscope-driven parallaxing as some of the major changes to the design.[3] The designs of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks (OS X 10.9) noticeably depart from skeuomorphic elements such as green felt in Game Center, wood in Newsstand, and leather in Calendar for flatter designs.[3]

In his segment of the iOS presentation, Federighi emphasized ten major feature addition and changes:[3][11]

Control Center
Similar to the Notification Center, Control Center is available by scrolling up from the bottom of the screen and provides access to settings such as Airplane Mode and brightness, media controls, AirPlay and AirDrop, and shortcuts to several apps including a built-in flashlight, compass, calculator, and camera.[11]
Multitasking
iOS 7 builds on the limited multitasking introduced in iOS 4 and provides full multitasking for all apps. The multitasking layer also provides for background updating of apps at the same time notifications are pushed to the device, and previews of all running apps.[3][11]
Safari
Safari in iOS 7 integrates the smart search field first used in Safari 6 for OS X and Mavericks' iCloud implementation of Keychain. Other changes include infinite tabs, parental controls, and improvements to Twitter sharing and Reading List.[3][11]
AirDrop
Main article: AirDrop
iOS 7 integrates Apple's ad-hoc WiFi sharing feature AirDrop for the iPhone 5, iPad 4th generation, iPad Mini and iPod Touch 5th generation.[3][11][12]
Camera
The new camera interface allows swiping between four different modes—video, photo, square photo, and panoramic photo—and offers live photo filter previewing.[3][11]
Photos
Photos in iOS 7 uses the EXIF data in each photo to sort photos by date and location, to the year level, and also supports sharing video through iCloud Photo Stream.[3][11]
Siri
Siri features a redesign to match the rest of the system, new male and female voices, greater control over system settings, and Twitter, Wikipedia, Bing, and Photos integration.[3][11]
iOS in the Car
"iOS in the Car", due for release in 2014, uses Siri integration in selected car models to offer eyes-free and hands-free satellite navigation, telephony, music and iMessage integration through the car's screen.[3][11]
App Store
The App Store provides more search options by age range and location-aware sharing and also adds automatic app updating.
Music and iTunes Radio
Main article: iTunes Radio
Along with user interface changes, the Music app also integrates Apple's iTunes Radio service, to initially launch in the United States in late 2013. Launch in United Kingdom and Europe will follow.[3][11]

Other changes mentioned, but not fully featured in the keynote, include audio-only calling in FaceTime, Notification Center syncing and availability from the lock-screen, Tencent Weibo integration, OS-level call blocking, app-specific virtual private networking, and activation locking through Find My iPhone.[3]

The first beta, with support for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, and iPod Touch (5th generation), was released after the WWDC keynote to registered developers in the iOS developer program, with a forthcoming beta to add support for the iPad 2 and later and a public release scheduled for those devices scheduled for Q3 — Q4 of 2013.[3]

Critical reception

Though iOS 7 is in beta development stage, is released only to developers and under a non-disclosure agreement, and is thus subject to active and secret change, it has been publicly analyzed by the community.

It has been criticized for perceived design flaws and usability issues.[13] The new icons have been actively criticized on the basis of primitivism, over-simplicity and a "childish" distractive look.[14] The design of the Control Center (like many other UI elements) has been actively criticized for inconsistency with other UI elements and visual similarity with Android UI elements.[15]

According to design lead Jony Ive, "Apple's usual team of designers only tweaked the icons; Apple's marketing and communications teams were responsible for the actual designs."[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Live Coverage of Apple's WWDC 2013 Keynote". Mac Rumors. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  2. ^ http://developer.apple.com/
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cue, Eddy; Cook, Tim; Federighi, Craig; Ive, Jony et al. (June 10, 2013). WWDC 2013 Keynote. Moscone West, San Francisco, California: Apple Inc. Event occurs at c. 1 hour, 25 minutes, to end. Retrieved June 12, 2013. {{cite AV media}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |authors= (help)
  4. ^ Heater, Brian (2013-06-10). "Apple shows off completely redesigned iOS 7 at WWDC, coming this fall". Engadget. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  5. ^ Apple Maps: Tim Cook says he is 'extremely sorry' | Technology | guardian.co.uk
  6. ^ Apple Maps service loses train stations, shrinks tower and creates new airport | Technology | The Guardian
  7. ^ Apple - Press Info - Apple Announces Changes to Increase Collaboration Across Hardware, Software & Services
  8. ^ Apple Executive Refused to Sign Maps Apology - WSJ.com
  9. ^ Why Apple ditched its skeuomorphic design for iOS7 | Technology | The Guardian
  10. ^ a b Will Apple's Tacky Software-Design Philosophy Cause A Revolt? | Co.Design: business + innovation + design
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "iOS 7 Features". Apple Inc. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  12. ^ Calderon, Justin (11 June 2013). "Apple's next innovation to intimidate Asia". Inside Investor. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  13. ^ Topolsky, Joshua (2013-06-10). "The design of iOS 7: simply confusing". The Verge. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  14. ^ Hernandez, Barbara (2013-06-12). "Critics Hate Apple's iOS 7 Design". NBC. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  15. ^ Plafke, James (2013-06-12). "OS 7 looks eerily similar to 2011 Windows Phone". Geek, the. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  16. ^ Johnson, Leif (2013-06-12). "Apple's Marketing Team, Not Designers, Responsible for iOS 7's Icons". MacLife. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
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