Apple yesterday updated the Apple Music for Artists application with some minor fixes and improvements, but also another 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 used previously. The icon also has a raised look that makes it stand out from other Apple icons.
Apple Music for artists is an application that allows artists to know how their music works in Apple Music, iTunes and Shazam, so it is an application with a limited audience and the new icon may seem inconsistent, but it is similar to another icon change the application that Apple introduced last year.
The App Store Connect in October was updated with a refreshed icon, similar to the “Apple Music” icon for artists, which means that Apple has now updated two app icons with this new design.
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App Store Sign in with the old icon on the left, the new icon on the right
On Reddit, users speculate that the icon changes could be indicative of more comprehensive design changes set to be introduced in iOS 15.
Apple in macOS Big Sur has refreshed many of its icons and simplified their design, so there is a chance that something similar will happen in OSiOS 15. That being said, these could only be unique updates to Apple’s behind-the-scenes apps for developers and musicians, and not a sign of something to come.
We don’t know anything about iOS 15 at the moment, but we could see some details leaking as the software release date approaches. Apple is expected to debut iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15 and macOS 12 at its main event, which will take place on June 7.