Yesterday, Apple updated its Apple Music for Artists app 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 includes a simpler, streamlined icon with a pinkish red music logo instead of the multicolored logo used before. The icon also has an embossed look that sets it apart from other Apple icons.
Apple Music for artists is an application that lets artists 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 insignificant, but it is similar to another application icon change that Apple introduced last year.
App Store Connect in October was updated with an updated icon that is similar to the “Apple Music” icon for artists, meaning Apple has updated two app icons with this new design.
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PpApp Store Connect with the old icon on the left and the new icon on the right
On Reddit, users speculate that the changes to the icons could be indicative of broader design changes to be introduced in iOS 15.
Apple in macOS Big Sur updated many of its icons and streamlined its design, so there is a possibility that something similar could happen in iOS 15. That said, these could only be one-time updates for Apple apps behind the scenes for developers and musicians, and not a sign of something to come.
We don’t know much about iOS 15 at the moment, but maybe we could see some details as the software release date approaches. Apple is expected to release iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15 and macOS 12 at its main event to be held on June 7th.