Apple's iPhone, iPad Software Redesign - ABC News

Apple product lovers, your iPhone and iPad will look radically different this year.

At Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), held at the Moscone West Center in San Francisco, Apple CEO Tim Cook and other company executives unveiled the new operating systems, iOS 7 for i-devices and OS X 10.9 Mavericks for Macs, as well as a new version of its MacBook Air and a sneak peek at the next MacBook Pro.

Although Apple did not announce any new iOS devices, the big redesign featuring an array of new software upgrades in the iOS 7 operating system will make existing devices seem new.

“We want to make the best product That people use more and love more than anyone else’s,” Cook said.

Let’s recap the major announcements:

iOS 7: An Elegant Upgrades

The best way to describe iOS 7′s new redesigned interface Is That it looks like a crystal-clear pane of glass layered with elegant “flat” icons and features.

Simple and clean, Cook said, it is the “most significant iOS update since the original iPhone [debuted].”

iOS 7 will be available on the iPhone 4 and newer, iPad 2 and newer, iPad Mini and the fifth-generation of the iPod Touch, starting in the fall. Developers can start playing with a beta version of the new operating system today.

In iOS 7, an active home screen features a new, 3D-like experience when you move the phone around and a semi-translucent keyboard. Swiping up from the bottom of the device brings up the Control Center, Which allows users to turn Wi-Fi on and off, open apps, change the brightness and turn on Flashlight – Potentially killing off existing third-party flashlight apps.

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Speaking of apps, iOS 7 sports several welcome updates to the iPhone app experience.

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Announced That in iOS 7, all apps can use multitasking – basically, separating That apps are constantly used apps versus That get occasional use – and will get great battery life.

Apps will now be updated automatically through Apple’s App Store.

Apps are big business for Apple. Cook Announced That today the company has paid out $ 10 billion to app developers, and there are 900,000 apps available in Apple’s App Store, Which has had 50 billion app downloads.

There are hundreds of other new features in iOS 7 Including the Notification Center, Enhanced Photos, Safari, airdrop, upgrades to Siri’s interface and voice, as well as the introduction of iTunes Radio.

airdrop and That feature allows users to send files from one Mac to another, is coming to iOS devices for the first time, but will only be available on the iPhone 5, the fourth-generation of the iPad and the iPad Mini.

For Even More Details about iOS 7, Read our Live Blog

iTunes Radio: Answer to Pandora, Spotify

iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service based on the users listen to music on iTunes is Apple’s answer to Internet radio giants dry as Pandora and Spotify.

Similar to other online music-streaming products, iTunes has over 200 radio stations and allows users to create stations based on artists or songs, but Apple’s version also offers stations based on what others are talking about users, Including a Trending on Twitter station and an Artists on Tour station.

The feature is built into iOS 7, and will be available on supporting iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad devices, as well as to iTunes on Mac and PC and Apple TV.

Internet radio has become the new favorite hook of tech giants to attract new users. Just last month, Google Announced it was jumping on the online music streaming bandwagon with its All Access service through Google Play.