Netflix’s overhauled Apple TV interface brings handy shortcuts to a sidebar menu
Netflix’s overhauled interface on Apple TV and other set-top boxes brings improved navigation via a new sidebar that houses a bunch of useful shortcuts.
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Google News is rolling out overhauled, artificially intelligent iPhone app with subscriptions & more
The new app replaces Google’s existing Play Newsstand and News & Weather apps and includes AI-powered recommenations and features like Full Coverage.
Facebook shows off dark mode for Messenger & other upcoming design changes
Facebook is cleaning up the interface in its mobile Messenger app while bringing an all-new Dark Mode-like theme, custom chat bubbles and other enhancements.
Google launches revamped Gmail web interface with email snoozing, confidential mode & more
Major improvements to Gmail on the web help people be more productive with features like email snoozing, message revoking, confidential mode and other cool perks.
Your Stories are headed back to the Discover page as part of a new Snapchat test
Snapchat is redesigning its controversial redesign in order to get people creating and watching more Stories.
Tired of minimalism, this designer wants to bring skeuomorphism back
There was a period six years ago that skeuomorphic design was super controversial. Tired of minimalism, designer Michael Flarup has implemented a skeuomorphic interface for a calendar app and in the process had a blast making leather, paper and metal again.
iOS 12 code-named “Peace” reportedly includes a redesigned Stocks app
Apple’s annual software upgrades this fall will offer users plenty of new capabilities, including a revamped Stocks app for iPhone even though the company will push back some features that aren’t as polished to the following year.
YouTube’s Apple TV app refresh with Material Design look is a terrible experience
We’re not fans of YouTube’s new-look tvOS app. It feels more like a web app and is almost as terrible as Amazon’s Prime Video experience on Apple TV—and that’s saying a lot!
Apple reportedly redesigning iBooks with App Store styling, Reading Now, audiobooks & more
The new iBooks app should have a simpler Interface with App Store-like design and feature an overhauled store, a brand new Reading Now section, support for audiobooks and more.
Apple overhauls dated app previews on the web with iOS 11’s new App Store styling
Despite the much-needed visual change, there’s still a lot of friction involved in the purchase process and you also cannot easily jump from an iOS app web preview to its App Store page in iTunes.
Updated iconography, styling & color coding rolling out to Google Maps app
Check out a nice redesign of the mobile Google Maps app featuring updated colors and styling.
Apple revamps Support app, adds new Discover section, topic search & more
The all-new Discover section is a straightforward way to learn more about your registered Apple products.