Now let’s talk about this current update…

At first, when I heard about this new Control Center, with the customization options, I got all excited.

I quickly updated my iOS version, and anxiously tapped away to experience this new wonder. What came next was my huge (UXish & geeky) disappointment.

The new Control Center is nothing close to what I imagined it to be.

In this article I decided to take on the challenge to re-think the Control Center from an Apple product designer point-of-view. Thinking about the constraints and the design language of Apple iOS 11, but also daring to be more task oriented.

First, let’s have a look at the problems that the Control Center as is

This feature is meant to save us time by providing relevant shortcuts, but in order to add or edit these shortcuts — I need to waste so much of my precious time!!

So…

#1 — Why not edit the Control Center… In the Control Center?? — In its present state, I am compelled to go through time-wasting multiple functions to get to where I want to be.

#2 — It’s not fully customizable — There are still a few permanent, unmovable features there that are irrelevant to my daily use of the Control Center. I could do without many of them, but yet I can’t remove them.