Solarium Hints At A Brighter Future For Apple Interfaces

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Apple is finally ready to retire its long-serving flat design language, with a major visual overhaul reportedly set to debut at WWDC 2025. Internally dubbed Solarium, this new user interface is expected to bring a more translucent, glass-inspired aesthetic across Apple’s entire ecosystem—including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS.

The shift marks the first significant visual shakeup since iOS 7 abandoned skeuomorphism over a decade ago. While Apple has tweaked icons and added animations over the years, the design language has largely stayed safe, subdued and frankly, stale.

Solarium appears to draw from the interface elements seen in visionOS, Apple’s latest platform for spatial computing. The look is said to emulate the light-permeable qualities of glass, hinting at a more layered and immersive user experience. No official visuals or previews have been shared yet, but its deployment across all Apple platforms suggests a unified design direction is on the cards.

Android 16 is also levelling up with Google’s Material 3 Expressive design, a livelier and more dynamic take compared to its predecessors. With competitors pushing bold, tactile visuals, Apple can’t afford to keep its UI stuck in the past.

A UI refresh can help reset user expectations, signal new features, and inject some much-needed excitement into ecosystems that now span everything from phones to wearables to TVs. If executed well, Solarium could be Apple’s most impactful design update in over a decade.

The full reveal is expected at the Worldwide Developers Conference on 10 June.