what happened to the parallax effect?

[@413X-Records]

A few key points to mention. 1: The parallax effect on the Homescreen still exist to this day, but there is a bug since iOS 16 that disables it as soon as you open today view or App Library, rebooting fixes it until you open either one of them again (iOS 18 beta 1 had fixed it but it was broken again after beta 2) 2: As for the Lock Screen there was a brief moment in iOS 16 developer beta 4 where you could enable and disable Perspective zoom and the clock would even move behind objects in the wallpaper, but due to the elements in wallpapers showing their cutoff point if tilted too much it got disabled again in beta 5. Hope this gives some insight

[@iClassic]

Oh wow, this is great to know! I can definitely see a very subtle parallax effect

[@413X-Records]

@@iClassicyeah the other thing is before iOS 16 both the app icons would shift AND the background itself after iOS 16 only the icons are able to move

[@禕貳衫]

@@iClassic you can screen recording it. It will show.

[@Space_US]

@@413X-Records wow! if i can ask, how do you know so much about ios beta

[@shurablade8876]

You can fix it without rebooting, just go to “home screen & app library” in the settings, then press toggle “search (show on home screen)” to off/on or vise versa. It will work until you swipe to today’s view or app library again

[@_daniel.rad_]

3d touch and parallax effect will always be missed..

[@Yoylecake.J]

Still rocking 3D touch on my iphone 6s plus 64GB!!!!

[@Mario_1031]

@@Yoylecake.Jhow’s iOS 15 on that device?

[@Littlebrownchicken]

I don’t really care

[@iKiwed]

@@Yoylecake.J Made me want to switch back from 12 Mini to 6s... But I admit, the NFC support for payment is super handful.

[@_daniel.rad_]

@@Littlebrownchicken that's just you. We do.

[@tonye4382]

3D Touch was so underrated

[@iClassic]

I loved 3D Touch!

[@wenzjayy]

@@iClassic what are you guys talking about? I still have parallax on my ip12 Pro Max and Xs on my home screen. Just turn off reduce motion in settings.

[@WinVisturn]

@@wenzjayy you might be on iOS 15 or older

[@wenzjayy]

@@WinVisturn no I'm not. I have the latest iOS 18 installed on my IP12 Pro Max. Read the other comments below. Parallax still exist on iOS 18 but there is a bug when app library is opened, the parallax feature stops then you have to restart your phone. You can see the parallax more obviously when you screen record. Notice the home screen wallpaper moving.

[@WinVisturn]

@@wenzjayy ok, I read the pinned comment it said broken again in iOS 18 beta 2 so I thought they probably didn't fix it.

[@s2000.]

I loved it. On some wallpapers it literally looked like as if the app icons were floating above, alive in 3D

[@ThatIceChampion]

Incase some don't remember: this was called "perspective zoom"

[@GlucoseYummy]

Parallax effect is still there on the Home Screen but it’s currently bugged, restart phone and don’t swipe to the left sidebar

[@geeteeay]

I was about to comment this, it seems the red app dots are the only thing that move after swiping left and to the App Library

[@sigiligus]

If it’s been bugged for two years then it’s basically not there. They obviously can’t be fucked fixing it

[@SamCoder.]

I am personally a fan of parallax effect... I don't know why did Apple randomly get rid of it... Also this feature wasn't any resource intensive as well...

[@HuseynMemmedov]

Apple is known for getting rid of great design choices…

[@Sakuyushi]

and retaining the charging port design for magic mouse!!

[@Mshi-]

iOS 6 for example

[@levonandonian7613]

iOS 6 to 7 iOS 10 to 11

[@bm1066]

So is Google. Sad.

[@huebirdfan2.0]

So does every major company that currently exists

[@ivanhdzll]

1:11 the transparency in that CC is so beautiful

[@iKiwed]

when Apple got rid of it, I IMMEDIATELY noticed it and I am still mad about it, but there isn't much I can do... My theory about this is because of the multiple phone effects they introduced, including and most probable to be the cause of, the depth effect on lockscreen. The one feature that shows the clock behind a layer of the photo. Addendum: You can still use the old animated flare background with the parallax effect on lockscreen, but for unknown reasons it's static on the homescreen. Weird...

[@gafreitas485]

which flare wallpaper?

[@youngangelxx]

the parallax effect still exist on ios18 but it depends on what wallpaper you are using and without blurring the wallpaper too. i have it on my iphone 12 ios 18.0.1

[@stormrider01]

I can´t make this work

[@supercellemployee]

what wallpaper?

[@philocracis423]

How do you nake this work?

[@tooke4493]

@@philocracis423 i guess its noticeable abit with depth wallpapers

[@tooke4493]

@@supercellemployeeworks with all wallpapers there is some stupid bug dont know why apple cant fix when u open any apps it stops working.. restarting only helps but it stops working again when you open an app and have to restart again

[@bj0urne]

My iPhone SE 3 is running iOS 18 and still has this.

[@thomashardyy08]

It actually returned very very briefly in the early iOS 18 betas but unfortunately got removed for the public release.

[@uwumarii]

Ok so I checked my ipad screen and the numbers at 3:08 above the gmail icon does move a bit!!

[@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804]

I do miss parallax effects

[@Mrbeaauty]

I would also love to see a video about their product RED line.. no more iPhone models, since the iPhone 14 and no more phone cases..

[@Transformers_nerd_stop_motions]

When I first got my iPhone 14 I was struggling to find out how to turn on parallax effect for soo long tysm

[@hega5honda]

this deserves more views

[@colinconnolly892]

I was unaware of this feature. I guess I didn’t miss anything lol

[@ozarkaviation]

They added the new lock screen where the clock could go behind the wallpaper in ios 16, so that might be why they got rid of lock screen parallax

[@KennethPlaysOfficial]

Parallax was bugged on iOS 16, it seems to have been fixed but it’s not as noticeable as it was before.

[@hey_bucklebob]

I never thought it looked great in practice imo, but I loved the concept

[@osnapitzsamd]

i remember this, it was most noticeable in screen recordings, but it was definitely noticeable to me as a fan of apple and tech back in the day

[@AudioHead809]

I just went to my Home Screen and looked and it did it. It’s subtle. Looks a lot more natural now but it still does it.

[@Zach27727]

I remember when iOS 7 came out there were a lot of people saying it caused motion sickness

[@yeahthatkornel]

That's why there is an option called Reduce Motion.

[@MaaveMaave]

I've seen this effect in 1 Android app and it made me queezy. I didn't even know it was universal on iPhone

[@eastonair]

Yeah, it gave me motion sickness. I turned it off right away back then.

[@illhaveawtrplz]

The little search button above the dock still does the parallax effect, but nothing else does. I’ve submitted a few bug reports about it

[@prati8801]

Apple just always disappoints🤩

[@iClassic]

Hehehe

[@jansayga1465]

I think it might have more to do with the depth effect on lock screen, where the photo subject can come in front of the time, but it’s still not impossible to implement

[@Cawe_D]

What if it’s a bug? Maybe they didn’t intend to get rid of it. Here’s a thing, as an iOS developer of 4 years I can tell you that Apple does not invest enough time and money for their OS and apps. Their only IDE is Xcode and it’s beyond buggy and trash, meanwhile Android Studio working overtime being one of the best mobile IDE’s. How come a huge corporation like Apple cannot add a new feature without breaking the existing ones? How come notification centre is still bugged? How come after all this years they finally introduced fully customizable control centre and it behaves like a mess? I won’t be shocked if this was disabled due to them introducing a new feature which broke something and instead of fixing they got rid of it. Probably they had “Fix the parallax effect” bug in the backlog for years and in the 18th beta they tried to fix it with no success 😂

[@zaheerahamed7545]

When I got my first iPad in 2023, I noticed this. But now that you mentioned it, I can't see it working anymore. It was so cool, I wish they kept it.

[@rxnniiee]

parallax still kinda exists on the home screen, icons and badges move around when you move the device (record the screen to see it better), though this sometimes doesn't work

[@gallagherk11]

This video made me think of Memojis and wonder whether they are still around anymore since I never see them!

[@ShxdowLIVE]

they are

[@SatunSatun]

It’s funny how I forgot this feature even existed but now that you’ve mentioned it I kind of miss it

[@matd]

i think they discontinued it because of widgets//and or reduce motion

[@Meccarox]

I loved that effect, it was my favorite part of the Lock Screen. I wish it was still here 😢

[@stvn_jmln]

It actually still works. It’s just barely noticable. I just noticed when I watched the red notifications on the KZbin app icon.

[@bluebary]

The apps still do it it’s just very hard to notice unless you’re background has a lot of lines in it

[@halami2149]

If you do a screen recording, you’ll find that notification badges still have the parallax effect! Weird right? And they are actually moving, if you have a badge on app like reminders, it’s easy to notice on that one

[@JawddmJustaguy]

If you pay attention there is the same kind of thing on Windows when you move around the laptop the Lock Screen wallpaper move a bit.

[@emmanuelsantos990]

Apple didn't get rid of it completely, the Parallax effect is very present on tvOS, even on movies and tv show posters.

[@spec8888]

I think it could also be because HS wallpapers are blurred by default now, so parallax would look much less cool with a big blur moving around

[@georgespringer3897]

I’m currently on iOS 18.2 Beta 1 and the parallax effect is here! Noticing it on notification numbers.

[@zetron22]

the fact that majority didn’t notice it being removed speaks for itself.. it’s NOT significant

[@ghhhp]

yeah it didn’t really matter it’s just like the complaint about not having 120hz screens still as if it really makes a difference i have it on my ipad and literally don’t even notice it’s really just something to complain about its not a cool or important ‘feature’ and when you get used to it you don’t even notice even switching back and forth from my ipad to iphone you literally don’t even notice 120hz lol

[@pomidorka_]

apple type mindset lmao

[@nerovanguard846]

That's such a stupid comment. I noticed it instantly when it was not working

[@ChrisTRCB]

I was looking at my homescreen yesterday and I'm like "Shouldn't this move?" I just didn't notice it was gone for so long

[@gaudam514]

That’s crazy I was literally thinking about this and how I haven’t noticed it in a while

[@Domziiee]

if you screen record your home screen and move your phone around, you will see the badge icons move. It's hard to see but you can see it much better on the screen recording.

[@JammingWithFlareYT]

They should bring it back. It's always the little touches that apple puts in their stuff that I love. It's like putting the finishing touches on a piece of art, Which to be honest. Apple's designs are kinda like art from how good they are. I don't miss it really, But It's just the little things apple puts in there that you may or may not notice that make it perfect.

[@potts995]

I always disabled it because I assumed it wasted more battery if enabled.

[@firerock277]

I’m on iPhone 16 Pro iOS 18 public release and it’s still there, I can see it, screen recorded proof, just seems more subtle than I remember on my 5S

[@ice_aspect5847]

My only argument against the AOD is that the sensors are still active anyways for raise to wake and pocket detection, so that kind of rules out that. The screen being dim also turns the refresh rate down to 1hz to preserve battery life and even then, it wouldn't be hard to disable animations lol. I actually have zero idea why they got rid of it other than that it's either "not used enough" or that it's an "outdated style element that doesn't hold up anymore."

[@WupperVideo]

The Parallax Effect is still active on iOS 18.1 Just tried it on my iPhone 14 Pro.

[@adeptiworks]

Oh I remember that long time ago, when iOS 7 came out, I was using an android phone and I even installed some third party program to enable paralax background on my android, it was kind of cool. Then time passed and I forgot that it was even a thing just until I saw this video and suddenly remembered it, lol

[@thatpitter]

We need perspective zoom back. It was such a minor detail but added so much to the experience

[@-ThatGuy-]

I honestly forgot this feature existed and haven’t even noticed it missing. It didn’t do much anyway. It’s in the same vein as 3D Touch for most people I assume. It was cool but for most people it didn’t really matter.

[@holladaycubed]

It’s working on 18.1 just recorded my Home Screen and moved it around and when I look back at the footage I can see the icons and the badges moving

[@samastra1066]

The first time I saw that feature on the 6 plus it looked amazing, it looked like the icons where floating I’ll never forget that feeling ugh I miss it

[@MrSamPhoenix]

I hate when Apple gets rid of nice features for no reason smh.

[@Nate1994a]

I saw a few people commenting about 3D touch as an Android user I'm really disappointed that Apple must have some sort of patent on it that they're just sitting on is that would have been amazing for Android and Windows devices as well as Apple such a shame it's dead.

[@yunotazombie]

Looks like nobody say this, but the original iPhone SE wallpaper with parallax effect it's still on the wallpapers section under "collections"

[@foxyn_]

parallax is still here, airplay your screen on your tv and shake your phone, you'll see that it moves, it's just that because your phone moves, you don't see the icons moving with it

[@pamelabarrilleaux5656]

Whenever i tried looking for this i couldnt find it so i figured why it wasnt there, but i miss this effect 😢

[@anotherpersonality-125]

Love this channel 📱

[@iClassic]

Appreciate it!

[@xarfram]

Og control center is so nostalgic to me. Obviously modern versions are better but still, it was really cool when it came out

[@leahevehumphries]

I feel the same, I was so mad at how ugly iOS 10’s control centre looked that I actually switched to Android that year 🤣 I like what we have now, the customisation is really good, but I do miss iOS 8/9’s control centre… (iOS 8 was my first time using iOS, I never used iOS 7)

[@ilyasg2108]

huh, that's so weird. I knew what it was but I didn't realize until now that they removed it

[@SofyaniTanu]

You know why there’s a permission to track our phone, they collect a data how our behavior using our phones and they found out that parallax wallpaper only used by a few people, that’s why

[@stewardappiagyei6982]

Even when sitting on your homescreen doing nothing, the iPhone would need to animate that parallax effect at 120hz on the 14 Pro/Max when you just slightly tilt your phone, nullifying any battery savings from their dynamic refresh rate LTPO screens. Easy to see why they killed it.

[@PrzekletaTechnologia]

The parallax effect still exists but - as you showed - is very, very, very subtle 😢

[@PrzekletaTechnologia]

@AImusicRox It doesn't happen on my 16.

[@Thepowerof2190]

Fun fact: Parallax effect is still here, I found out it has a parallax effect on the homescreen, the app icon moves, even on WhatsApp!

[@michaelmil1303]

i have an iPhone 15 and it does in fact, still work. I can clearly see my apps move on my home screen, so its not fully gone.

[@VasishthaSookraj]

I actually didn’t even know it was gone. I never really cared for it (no clue why tbh, just looked weird with the wallpaper) and I just zoned it out. I guess it just slipped by me when it disappeared. Very interesting choice to actually get rid of it tho.

[@Soulcrusher820]

As of the official 18.1 release, the parallax effect is still there

[@stormrider01]

I miss the parallax effect! Looks so boring now!

[@WhiteyBrandi]

@3:39 where can i get that beautiful wallpaper?

[@MrHaydnSir]

love the wallet in the top right, looks fresher and more Day 1 than mine 😅

[@lionellerichee]

I keep this turned off to save battery life, but it's a nice feature to have nonetheless and deserves to come back. It did make a small minority of users sick though, which may have contributed to its removal.

[@may21136]

Parallax was removed after complaints regarding iOS 7. It was nauseating for many, including the swooping animations when you opened an app or app folder on ios 7.

[@jakubzneba1965]

i miss that.. but not more than 3d touch… but both… both are something people almost never know that they are there

[@mohamadamirulabdlah6089]

I noticed the parallax effect is back in ios18 once it is still in beta. But after the public released, the effect is gone again 😢

[@rayan2346]

This and 3D Touch were two of the best things about havin an Iphone

[@K1824]

I think they might have not removed it from iPadOS 18. Just tried with mine and saw the parallax effect working. It’s interesting that they chose not to disable it on iPadOS too.

[@snappa_tv]

iOS 18 has it but it is very subtle now. It is there though.

[@ParkourBrian]

A used iPhone XS is probably the best iPhone you can buy if you can find one without a recent software version.

[@iPhoneOS_]

It still partially works on iOS 18 only on the Home Screen with low power mode turned off

[@phoenixnuhl]

Omg I was just recently trying to get that to work and I didn’t know how to do it anymore lol didn’t know it got scrapped

[@UltraCenterHQ]

It makes sense these 3D features get removed. All because every other application doesn't have it, you can't even have it on videos. And it's pointless. It's like how the Amazon phones tried to do it

[@Akai_raida]

I think apple removed most of the parallax effect, like the gmail still has it i noticed the notification indicator for how many notification of the app still has the parallax effect altough it's very slight of movement.

[@JapaneseCīnaTaiwanese]

Parallax effect still exists iOS18, the effect is very small, you have to shake very fast to observe.

[@TylerFilmCompany]

It was there in the very first iOS 18 beta and never came back after unfortunately.

[@GalaSedas]

No wayyyyy, I completely forgot about it, I even remembered it existed 😳😱

[@marteenyo]

i wish i had an iphone back when ios 7 came out. i always thought it looked so cool and modern.

[@OldSkoolWheniRide]

i miss parallax so much even if i barley used it

[@ryanmayanja8083]

As an iPhone 6 user, am still enjoying the parallax effect thing.

[@FRETW1ZARD]

The parallax effect looked incredible in marketing, and then was wholly disappointing in reality. Because in the marketing it looks like you’re watching a 2d video of a 3d image, so you subconsciously set up a massive expectation, and then in reality it’s just a moving 2d image.

[@chihebdc]

maaaaaaaaaaaan, the only thing i noticed different as an android user ive noticed about iphones but its true its gone now, it was an amazing effect

[@WYosemite7605]

I don’t think it’s gone. I have iOS 18 and when I move my phone, the background kinda moves a little bit. This was present since iOS 17 on my iPhone 13

[@eliasalamzoai87]

aww. they removed it? it was my favorite.

[@JS-zv5hi]

I have this but only on the search button below

[@elyt]

I thought I was the only one who noticed this. I always have this turned on in my 1st gen iPhone SE then I was looking for it when I upgraded to a 13 mini.

[@pola2410]

I didn’t even realise they removed it

[@AngelEscobareo]

It sounds a lot like those features nobody used, I'm an android guy and remember telling some of my friends about 3D touch, and they were completely oblivious to it on their iPhones capable of it, generally Apple users are not enthusiastic about features almost ever just because Apple things "just work" there's gonna be a big number of users that will never realize a feature was removed or even added. Even can be something cultural since the US is really big on apple's userbase, the average consumer globally is likely to notice those kinds of things....