After many years without receiving any type of change, the iCloud website is updated from head to toe. The aesthetic change that it has received had been in the testing stage for some time, but Apple has finally taken it out of its beta state and has released it to all its users in the world.
If you want to take a look for yourself, just enter the Web from iCloud. From here, just log in and you’ll be introduced to the new design right away. Apple has been in charge of highlighting the tools that we use the most at the beginning of the web, so as soon as you enter, you will see a compendium of applications and information that is synchronized to your Apple devices.
Among the functions available we have the classic app Photos, Mail, iCloud Drive, Calendar and Notes. However, it is not the only thing we will find. Those of Cupertino have also been in charge of integrating other applications, like Pages, Numbers, Keynote and more. If you don’t know them, these three apps make up Apple’s own office suite.
iCloud gets a well-deserved face lift from Apple
Following the aesthetics left by iOS 16, Apple wants you to customize your new iCloud page according to your criteria. That is why now you can set a new wallpaper for the website, as well as customize the location of icons and widgets; or remove them completely, according to your wishes.
At the end of the web, you can see a new section where iCloud lets us know our storage plan, and its respective use. Also, from here you can easily recover deleted files from iCloud Drive or other apps through a link.
HomeKit and iCloud+ also integrate better with the website. With a button you can access the HomeKit Secure Video function, with which you can view the information collected by the cameras that you have associated with your account on video. Secondly, other features of the iCloud+ service are also availablelike Hide my email, Private Relay and more.
Overall, it feels like a decent modern iCloud experience. Until now, iCloud for the web felt like a very watered down version of the real thing, offering extremely basic functions such as searching your devices or viewing your photos in the cloud. Today, you can even write documents in Pages, Numbers, and Keynote just like Google Docs.