It also changed the way you access Control Center on full-screen iPhones (like the iPhone X and later), which now opens by swiping from the top right corner. Let us remember that before it was deployed from below.
iOS 18 allows you to customize your Control Center
I’ve discovered how, thanks to iOS 18.1, you can configure your iPhone’s Control Center to look almost exactly like the minimalist and functional design which we liked so much before 2017.
With the recent update of the operating system, iOS 18.1, and the complete redesign that came with iOS 18, we now have the possibility of customizing the Control Center to our liking, adjusting the size of the elements that appear in it, removing some and giving entry to others, and reorganize the entire structure of said section.
As you can see, the Control Center prior to iOS 11 was a real visual delightwith an elegant gray background where the different buttons and connectivity elements were embedded, along with direct controls to adjust the brightness of the device, as well as access to the calculator, flashlight, camera and timer. Good news! I have managed to replicate this design on my iPhone updated to the latest version of iOS, and I am here to show it to you.
How to organize the Control Center like the old one
It should be mentioned that iOS 18 allows you to completely redesign the Control Center, leaving empty space for elements and allowing you to place the icons as you want. That is why it is much easier to establish this “half-screen” design, just as it was in the past.
And the explanation doesn’t go much further than that. We will only have to eliminate all the elements of the Control Center that come by default and start by placing the 4 connectivity elements in the top row, which will be the fifth from the bottom. In this way, we would have Airplane Mode, the mobile data on and off button, the Bluetooth switch and the AirDrop activation button at the top.
We continue with the configuration of the rest of the cells. Personally, I have decided to add a widget that shows what I am playing, and on the right side of the screen I have placed two vertical regulators to adjust the screen brightness and device volume. Just below these elements, I have added two other widgets that occupy the width of two cells each: the first allows you to activate and select Focus Modes, while the second is a shortcut that I created to completely disable the Wi-Fi connection. Fi and Bluetooth. As always, this is a matter of personal taste.
Finally, in the last row I added a shortcut to flashlightthe screen rotation lock button, a button for Shazam to identify the song I’m listening to and save it to the app, and a final shortcut to the calculator. This way, I have everything I use at my fingertips from the Control Center, which takes up half the screen, so I don’t have to reach and move my finger to the top of the panel at any time.
