Earlier today, Apple released the fourth beta of iOS 7.1 to developers, which included both bug fixes and a few new changes to the operating system. While iOS 7.1 beta 3 introduced several visual changes, iOS 7.1 beta 4 focused more heavily on behind-the-scenes improvements. There were, however, a few tweaks to further streamline the look of iOS 7, which are detailed below.

Slide to Unlock/Power Off: Most notably, the Slide to Unlock bar at the bottom of the phone is now more prominent, with a brighter, slower animation. The same brighter animation can be seen in the Slide to Power off bar when turning off the phone.Revamped Slide to Unlock/Slide to Power off animation (Courtesy of @Elias96)Contacts in Dialer: The option to add a contact when entering a phone number has been altered slightly and is now executed by tapping the + sign next to the phone number. Previously, there was a line that said “Add to Contacts.”

Old version on left, iOS 7.1 beta 4 on right. (Image courtesy of iDownloadBlog)Messages Scrolling: When scrolling through the Messages app in beta 4, it seems there is slightly more “bounce.” This is in line with previous changes to Control Center, which introduced a bounce animation.

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