According to an article from CNN, Apple has officially unveiled its brand new operating system for its mobile products. The changes will drastically change how the touchscreens look by including a new color scheme, redesigned icons, and more. Additionally, there will be an overhaul as to how users will interact with the system. The announcement came at the company’s WorldWide Developer Conference in California.
Apple executive Jony Ive, who began heading software development last year, is spearheading the move to iOS 7. Ive’s company resume already includes assisting with designing both the iPad and the iPhone, noted USA Today. Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi compared the iOS changes to “getting an entirely new phone, but one you already know how to use.”
The new iOS boasts better organization of photos and the ability to take and store panoramic images with the option of adding artistic filters.
But the company’s announcements and unveilings didn’t stop there; Apple also showed off a brand new Mac Pro with a sleek new black design, reported Fox News. Similarly, the tech company presented new MacBook Air computers with the 11-inch models upgrading to a nine-hour battery life and the 13-inch models upgrading to 12 hours of battery life. The new operating system for the computers would be OS X Maverick-an innovative system that will make file searching easier, as well as moving between multiple monitors.
The new iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch iOS is expected to be available to consumers this coming fall but developers will get a version of it for iPhones today and the iPad version within the next several weeks. The iOS will come with the very latest iPhone 5 and the retina display iPads, but users with the iPhone 4 and later, the iPad 2 and later, the iPad mini and 5th generation iPods will have to install the system themselves, according to engadget.