Get ready for the last call button removed in iOS 17

It looks like Apple is ready to remove one of the most used buttons in iOS. Red end call button for phone app. The beta version of iOS 17, expected to be officially released in the fall alongside the upcoming iPhone 15, features a redesigned calling interface that moves the red button down and to the right, eliminating the distance between it and the rest of the call controls. .

The new interface was technically provided First developer beta for iOS 17But it wasn’t widely discovered until this week when something similar was published CNBC And gizmodo Change covered. Here’s a before-and-after comparison of the familiar interface between iOS 16 and beta iOS 17:

To me, it looks like Apple has changed to accommodate iOS 17’s new Contact Poster feature, which replaces much of the phone call interface with an image that represents the person you’re talking to (as you can see in the image above). . Instead of covering this image with buttons and icons, Apple seems to have moved the call controls down to allow the sticker to take center stage.

Personally, I think the change makes sense, but others claim it could undo years of muscle-building work and make people FaceTime when they really want to hang up. But there’s always an opportunity to adjust the theme before iOS 17 leaves beta later this year, just as Apple endlessly tampered with the redesigned URL bar in Safari in iOS 15 before giving users an easy way to replace them. If not, another time. Like its new location.