Some will consider as something less the fact of focusing the focus on design when there are so many criticisms around the company, but the truth is that precisely that is where the root of many of their problems is. And everything could begin with a change as basic as the redesign of the iOS settings and macOS.
The most necessary iOS 19
In recent years, Apple operating systems have suffered a transformation in the background, without major changes, which far from improving the user experience, has called the doors of more detractors. We saw the most obvious case with the change of system preferences to the adjustment app in Macos Ventura, a decision that intended to unify the experience with iOS, but that ended up being an example of how to complicate what was previously simple. Confused menus, functions buried in subcategories and a little intuitive interface that seems to have been designed based on patches. Far from improving, the Settings app It has become a symbol of what no longer works in the Apple ecosystem.
Those of us who have been using brand devices for years know that this is not specific, since the Apple user experiencethat once was his greatest hall of identity, he has become blurred. What began as a clean, minimalist and functional design has been overwhelmed by poorly implemented functions and an increasingly saturated interface. The result is a visually attractive system but increasingly chaotic, in which the aesthetic begins in spite of the functional.
And there is no good time to redesign an operating system. There is always a new function to be implemented, an urgent update, an error to correct. But if that cycle is not put on, what should be a fluid experience becomes a ballast. Apple has reached that turning point in which the redesign is no longer a matter of style, but a strategic need. If it's not now, when?
The June wwdc will change the course
The redesign that is expected to iOS 19 and the rest of the versions should not be limited to the visual. It needs to be a deep restructuring that recovers the simplicity that made these systems great, listening to users and not only developers or the marketing department. That again prioritize accessibility, speed and logic above paraphernalia. That once solves chaos in the configuration menus, the notification manager or the endless paths to adjust permissions or basic functions.
The redesign of the adjustment app should be the first step. Because if Apple is able to fix that system core, where all user customization experience begins and ends, the rest could be aligned again.
In June we will know. The WWDC 2025 It will be the scenario where on June 9 Apple can demonstrate if you have learned from your mistakes, if you listen to its users and if you are willing to leave behind a stage marked by debatable decisions. Everything indicates that a revolution is coming. And I may begin with something as simple as redesign the adjustments.
