Apple copies Material You, adds ability to customize home screen and icons

Apple is giving users more freedom to customize their home screen.

Apple copies Material You, adds ability to customize home screen and icons
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  • iOS 18 will give users the ability to customize their home screen and app icons.
  • Users will be able to place their icons wherever they want on the home screen.
  • The OS update will allow users to customize the color of the icons for their apps.

Apple’s big WWDC event is underway with plenty of software announcements to be made. One announcement of note came near the beginning of the event where the company revealed that users will soon be able to customize their home screens and app icons.

For decades, Apple has restricted what users can do to customize the appearance of their phone’s screens outside of changing the background. The software always had to match the clean lines and simplicity of the hardware. However, the tech giant is giving users a little more freedom to choose how they want their screen to look.