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Apple is finally embracing Android’s chaos


iOS 18 opens the floodgates to wacky homescreens.

I’ve had an iPhone since the day the first one came out, and while Apple’s smartphones have since become wildly more powerful, capable, and larger, the company has forced me to organize my apps starting from the top of the screen for 17 years. But I’ve wanted options to add more of my own flair to my homescreen that I see dozens of times a day — the types of tools Android users have had for a very longtime — even if it meant I’d make my phone look worse. But iOS 18, the dam is finally breaking loose: as part of the new software update, Apple gives users some tools to easily customize the app icons on their homescreen, no jailbreaking or Siri Shortcuts required.

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