Incredible! This is what “Dynamic Dock” would look like in the next macOS update

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macos dynamic dock concept.jpg
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Apple has recently changed some noticeable aspects in iOS regarding Live Activities, making some users can quickly look at some relevant notifications and actions live without missing any details, now maybe something similar could come to macOS with Dynamic Dock such as it was Dynamic Island. The function that allows you to see multimedia playback or view the arrival time of your Uber could now be possible thanks to the interactions on your screen as it was on iPhone. However, in case of reaching Mac this concept shows you the way it would be.

The macOS Dynamic Dock would be something like this…

This would be the first concept to appear that he designed Khanum Trivedi through BGRin which he shows what dynamic interactions with some Mac applications would look like and what the icons themselves would look like in the Dock. Through a Twitter Post, Trivedi analyzed “What if the macOS Dock and its icons were more dynamic and fluid?” Which makes quite a bit of sense thanks to the sheer power of Macs.

In addition, he added a short video where you can see the idea he had in mind but put into action. It would only be enough to place the mouse cursor over the icon located in the Dock, expanding more information similar to the iPhone. If you choose Messages, the unread chats will be enlarged, for the Music icon you can notice the media controls. Now, if you want to see the Safari icon, you can also see the progress of the downloads.

The designer, Trivedi, commented that the icons could expand rapidly for a few moments, just like some songs in music streaming apps do. This would be quite similar to the Dynamic Island Live Activities by expanding the information in the form of relevant updates. or notifications that the user should see. John Gruber stated that this would be a “modern version of the Control Strip” of the classic Mac OS.

Below you can find out about the details of the concept:

In the second concept that could be found elaborated by Andrew Sereda, captures his idea of ​​what the Dynamic Dock would be like, being quite similar to Trivedi’s idea. However, Sereda changes some things, for example instead of dynamic icons, andThe Dock would provide a dedicated site for Live Activities just like with the widget stack in iOS. In this way, you will be able to move efficiently in the Dock.