Apple Executives Talk About iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island in New Interview - MacRumors

In a new interview, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, and Apple's vice president of human interface design, Alan Dye, sat down to discuss the thinking behind the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island and how it was developed.

During the interview with the Japanese magazine Axis, Federighi, who oversees the development of iOS, said Dynamic Island represents the first major user experience change for the iPhone since the ‌iPhone‌ X five years ago.

Dye, who presented Dynamic Island during Apple's "Far Out" event last month, said Dynamic Island further blurs the line between where the hardware ends and the software begins on ‌iPhone‌, calling it an example of "Apple-like development.".

Speaking about where the idea of Dynamic Island originated from, Dye said that the team thought about what the extra space at the top of the display could be used for, thanks to the smaller TrueDepth camera system.

Dye said the status bar area is a small yet crucially important part of the ‌iPhone‌ experience.

Our goal was to make them forget that there is static physical hardware and make them think that the whole thing is fluid-like dynamic software.

Since its introduction, Dynamic Island has received positive reactions from users and customers online, with some calling it one of Apple's best designs in years?

Already, some Android makers are looking to replicate the Dynamic Island experience on other smartphones.