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Secret iPhone update leaked – Apple plots huge change to appearance of major app
APPLE could be making a huge change to Safari that makes websites look totally different.
It works using Dark Mode – a feature already available on many websites.
AppleYour iPhone’s Dark Mode may be about to get smarter[/caption]
Dark Mode is an “easier on the eyes” setting that opts for light colours on dark backgrounds.
So if an app was white with black text, it would be swapped for black with white text.
This is to stop you from being blinded by the bright lights of a phone in the dark – often when using your iPhone in the morning or at night.
A new leak hints that this feature could work for all websites too, including on a per-site basis – not just apps.
Dark Mode is a hugely requested feature, and already exists on Apple devices.
Dark Mode first launched properly on iPhone back in 2019, with Apple’s iOS 13 update.
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The feature enabled users to select a system-wide dark mode for iPhone.
That meant the entire user interface, all Apple apps and supported third-party apps would use a light-on-dark colour scheme.
But details from a new Apple update suggest that there are new settings for Dark Mode coming up.
In a 9to5Mac report, it revealed new changes to WebKit.
That’s the browser engine built by Apple to power Safari – the default option on every iPhone.
The code for WebKit is open-source, which means it’s publicly viewable.
In this code, 9to5Mac found references “overriding the system colour scheme with a per-website preference”.
It suggests that websites could not only take cues from the system about what colour to show, but also let certain websites ignore it.
Sadly, we don’t know exactly when this feature will arrive.
The features are currently labelled as TBA, for “to be announced”.
However, Apple is expected to unveil its next-gen iOS 16 later this year.
Apple will almost certainly unveil iOS 16 on June 7, at its annual WWDC event.
In the weeks following, Apple will begin letting developers – and then the public – trial the new updates in a series of beta tests.
Ultimately, iOS 16 will most likely launch generally in September, alongside the long-rumoured iPhone 14.
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