With the fourth beta version for iOS 7 seeded, the changes Apple made are slowly seeing the light of day.
One of the changes seen since beta 3 is the phone buttons in response to an incoming call. The phone buttons appear "less text-heavy," as Apple Insider noted.
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"The new appearance, introduced in the release of iOS 7 beta 4, clarifies basic tasks like answering or ending a phone or FaceTime call by toning down the more avant garde aspects of iOS 7 without going so far as to revert to the beveled, glowing buttons of iOS 6," reported Daniel Eran Dilger of Apple Insider.
The lock screen has also been tweaked. CultofMac noticed the lock screen isn't as "confusing" as previous betas. iOS 7 beta 4 lock screen features a flat bar instead of the up arrow for the Control Center.
Additional changes are the introduction of the "Cancel" option while in Spotlight and a search bar in Reminders. iOS 7 beta 4 also introduced notifications when uploads are completed.
CultofMac also spotted that Siri can respond to new questions such as "What's the square root of 128?" and "How far away is the Sun?"
As Latinos Post reported, Apple started to seed iOS 7 beta 4 early this week. The fourth beta, which has identification build 11A4435d, has reportedly come with a reference to the long-rumored fingerprint sensor. As 9to5Mac found, a folder with the name "BiometricKitUI" was spotted, and a tweet by Hazma Sood alluded that the file is part of the fingerprint sensor.
"According to a source familiar with the development of the new iPhone, the user-interface for the fingerprint scanning system has been complete," wrote Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac. "This person also says that the technology is focused around unlocking the phone, so it is unclear if it is built for a payment system (as rumored) in the next iPhone."
By visiting Apple's Developer webpage, people can download iOS 7 beta, as long as they have an iOS developer account, which cost $99 per year.
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