Turns out that iOS 7 appears to be pretty intent on keeping everything on screen as flat as possible, as Apple looks to clean out any dimensional attributes.
The folks over at 9to5mac have noticed some of their iOS 6 app icons lacking a distinctive level of depth on the beta version of the new software.
According to the site iOS 7 appears to automatically remove the gloss which Apple used to apply to app icons in previous versions in an attempt to make them fit in better with the redesign.
Icon change
Some apps are also appearing with different icons on iOS 7, although their version is the same as iOS 6 - meaning that the data itself is the same.
It turns out that iOS 7 now looks in multiple locations for the app icon, and it's able to pull through the image used within the app store to use as the icon onscreen, as well as assigned app icon image which the developer will have set.
Two apps which 9to5Mac found to be influenced by this new feature were Sleep Cycle and Dunkin' Donuts, but do let us know if you spot any others.
We're pretty sure most developers will look to redesign their app icons to fit in with the new iOS 7 colour scheme and flat style, but until then Apple is doing its best to create a unified look on its shiny new platform.
Source : techradar[dot]com
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