Apple is planning to move the button to hang up a call in new iPhone software

Apple
CEO
Tim
Cook
holds
a
new
iPhone
14
Pro
during
an
Apple
special
event
in
Cupertino,
California,
Sept.
7,
2022.

Justin
Sullivan
|
Getty
Images

Apple’s
iOS
17
will
include
one
of
the
biggest
revamps
to
the
iPhone’s
phone
app
in
years.

The
newly
updated
Phone
app
included
with
the
software
update
adds
real-time
voicemail
transcriptions,
“contact
posters”
so
users
can
choose
the
photo
that
shows
up
when
they
dial
another
person’s
iPhone
and
an
updated
user
interface
with
a
bolder
font.

But
one
tweak
will
require
longtime
iPhone
users
to
retrain
their
muscle
memory.
In
beta
versions
of
iOS
17,
Apple
has
moved
the
“End
Call”
button.
It’s
now
moved
to
the
lower
right-hand
corner,
instead
of
centered
in
the
bottom
third
of
the
screen.

Where
the
red
button
is
on
iOS
16
lands
between
two
buttons
in
iOS
17:
one
that
turns
the
call
into
a
FaceTime
call
and
another
button
that
brings
up
the
iPhone’s
dial
pad.

It’s
easy
to
imagine
someone
with
muscle
memory
from
years
of
hanging
up
phone
calls
accidentally
pressing
where
the
button
used
to
be.
Some
people
have

already
said
on
social
media
that
it
might
take
a
while
to
retrain
themselves
to
the
new
button
location.

Most
people
don’t
have
iOS
17
yet.
It’s
only
available
in
beta
form
and
is
meant
for
people
who
don’t
mind
helping
Apple
catch
bugs.
It’ll
be
released
to
the
public
and
everyone’s
iPhone
in
the
fall,
shortly
after
new
iPhone
models
are
announced.

It’s
not
the
first
time
Apple
has
rearranged
a
years-old
user
interface
to
put
key
buttons
closer
to
the
bottom
of
the
phone,
where
it’s
more
ergonomic,
especially
as
phone
screens
get
larger.

In
2021,
Apple
changed
its
Safari
browser
in
a
beta
version
of
iOS
15
to
put
the
URL
bar
at
the
bottom
and
updated
its
design.
However,
by
the
time
the
final
version
was
released
in
September,
Apple
had

tweaked
the
design,
rolled
back
some
changes
and
gave
users
an
option
to
put
the
URL
bar

back
on
top
of
the
page.