Apple yesterday updated its Apple Music for Artists app with some minor bug fixes and improvements, but also one other notable change – a new icon.
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New icon on the right
The Apple Music for Artists app now features a simpler, streamlined icon with a pink red music logo rather than the multicolored logo previously used. The icon also has an embossed look that sets it apart from other Apple icons.
Apple Music for Artists is an app that lets artists know how their music is performing in Apple Music, iTunes and Shazam, so it’s an app with a limited audience and the new icon may seem unimportant, but it’s similar to ‘ another app icon change that Apple introduced last year.
App Store Connect was updated in October with a refreshing icon similar to the Apple Music for Artists icon, which means Apple has now updated two app icons with this new design.
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App Store Connect to the old icon on the left, the new icon on the right
On Reddit, users speculate that the icon changes may be an indication of more comprehensive design changes that will be introduced in iOS 15.
Apple in MacOS Big Sur has refreshed many of its icons and streamlined their design, so there’s a chance something similar could happen in OSiOS 15. That said, it could just be one – time updates for Apple’s behind – the – scenes apps for developers and musicians, not a sign of something to come.
We do not know much about iOS 15 at this stage, but we may see some details leaked following the release date of the software. Apple is expected to debut debutiOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15 and macOS 12 during the main event to be held on June 7th.