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The introduction of the expected operating system iOS 17 is literally knocking on the door. Apple traditionally presents new versions of its systems on the occasion of the developer conference WWDC, which will take place this year at the beginning of June. At the same time, various leaks and reports discussing possible changes appear as the news is about to be revealed. And by all accounts, we definitely have something to look forward to.

According to the leaks and speculations so far, Apple has prepared a series of very fundamental changes for us. There has been talk for a long time that iOS 17 should bring a lot of new features that Apple users have been calling for for a long time. Expected changes to the Control Center should also fall into this category. So let's briefly summarize where the control center could go and what it could offer.

New design

The control center has been here with us since Friday. It became part of the Apple operating system for the very first time with the arrival of iOS 7. The center received its first and only major redesign with the arrival of iOS 11. Since then, we have had practically one and the same version at our disposal, which (yet) has not received the well-deserved changes. And that could change. Now is the time to move a few steps forward.

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Connectivity options, available from Control Center in iOS

Therefore, with the new operating system iOS 17 could come a brand new design for the control center as such. As we already mentioned, the last design change came in 2017, when iOS 11 was released. The design change could significantly improve the overall usability and bring the control center closer to the users themselves.

Better customizability

The new design goes hand in hand with better customizability, which could also come together with the iOS 17 operating system. In practice, this would mean only one thing. Apple users would have significantly more freedom and could customize the control center as it suits them as much as possible. However, it is not quite so simple in this direction. It is a question of how Apple could actually approach such a change and what specifically could change. So we have no choice but to wait for the official unveiling of the expected operating system.

control center ios iphone mockup

Widget support

Now we're getting to perhaps the best part. For a long time, Apple users have been calling for one essential gadget that could come in handy - they are asking Apple to bring widgets to the control center, where they could coexist alongside individual control elements. Of course, it doesn't have to end there, on the contrary. Widgets could also become interactive, where they would not only serve as static elements to render information, or to redirect the user to a specific application, but could also be used to work with them.

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