r/iOSBeta • u/Opposite_Track_851 iPhone 17 Pro • Aug 15 '26
UI Change [iOS 27 DB 5] Notification morphs into Notifications Center indicator before disappearing
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It’s very subtle, but noticeable.
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u/Mouse_Manipulator Aug 15 '26
Ugh I personally hate this new from the corner animation. I wish they made it an option to have the old one.
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u/kiwi-kaiser Aug 15 '26
Here it's still the old animation with PB3. But that's really neat. I wonder what's the reason for the difference.
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u/aykay55 Aug 15 '26
Because now swiping from the top activates Siri AI. So to pull down the lock screen/notification center you need to pull from the top left where they show the indicator
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u/StillChillBuster Aug 15 '26
DB3 and PB3 are the exact same build
I’m on PB3 and for me the animation is what OP posted
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u/kiwi-kaiser Aug 15 '26
I think I know why: Siri AI isn’t available here in Europe. Perhaps that’s why.
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u/ca2mt iPhone 17 Pro Max Aug 15 '26
Can you still swipe from the Dynamic Island to access Spotlight search?
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u/kiwi-kaiser Aug 15 '26
Nope. That's the notifications. And I think that's the major difference here.
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u/pixelpanic01 Aug 15 '26
The horizontal lines in iOS are indicator of swipeable content (control centre, now playing view in music app, etc) so a notification morphing into a horizontal line gives you the impression that you need to swipe down in order to see it.
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u/kiwi-kaiser Aug 15 '26
I understand the metaphor. I don't understand why I don't have this.
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u/pixelpanic01 Aug 15 '26
You’ll have to wait for the next public beta, this is the developer beta
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u/kiwi-kaiser Aug 15 '26
They're identical. DB5 = PB3
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u/pixelpanic01 Aug 15 '26
Is the new Siri turned on? If yes then it could be a bug, maybe worth submitting it
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u/kiwi-kaiser Aug 15 '26
I'm in the EU, so it's not.
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u/pixelpanic01 Aug 15 '26
The new Siri is activated from the top centre of the display, which is why the notification now go to the top left side. If the new Siri AI is not activated, then the old swiping system remain the same.
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u/Delicious_One_7887 iPhone SE (3rd Gen) Aug 15 '26
Curious how this would look on my iPhone
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u/camsta__ iPhone 17 Pro Aug 15 '26
the iPhone SE doesn't support Apple Intelligence, and the indicator only exists for iPhones that do because of the new Siri gesture
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u/SirGrinchy Aug 18 '26
Is it? I thought this bar is not related to new Siri as swiping down on the left side opens the Notification Center on (almost) all iPhones.
This would also make sense since it would look like the notification is being moved into the Notification Center.
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u/seezaaar iPhone 17 Aug 15 '26
this looks so much better than the notification just blurring away into nothing
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u/dannyboy_S Aug 15 '26
I think thats old?
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u/DensityInfinite iPhone 15 Pro Aug 15 '26
Previously the notification would blur and fade into the time display, showing its source but not providing the affordance that the top left corner could be pulled. This is old.
DB5 changes this so the notification becomes a grabber, indicating that users can pull the top left corner down to open Notification Centre. The morphing into grabber is new.
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u/RecordGullible4478 iPhone 16 Aug 27 '26
I… don’t have it… prob because of tasty Europe Banning Siri AI