Given its simple and somewhat awkward user interface, you might not have used iCloud as soon as it became available on the web. But there’s a chance you’ll want to take another look at it. With a customisable tile arrangement that reflects your preferences, Apple’s new beta iCloud web client offers much more information at a look. Launchers on the home page and menu bar make it simpler to transition between apps, and another menu option lets you start tasks (such sending emails or adding events to the calendar) right away.

The update also makes iCloud+ capabilities like custom email domains and Hide My Email easier to access. And if the idea of losing information has you in a frenzy, You can recover deleted bookmarks, calendars, contacts, and iCloud Drive files with the aid of a “Data Recovery” tool. You can restore from particular points in time, with the exception of iCloud Drive. Family Sharing, HomeKit Secure Video, and Private Relay are examples of functionality that still require Apple devices to be used as a control.

The individual web apps haven’t altered all that much, so it’s unlikely that this redesign will convince Android users to switch. However, the beta might convince you to stay in the Apple ecosystem. When combined with web access to services like Music and TV+, it also demonstrates Apple’s eagerness to court customers who can’t run specialised apps on their preferred platforms (or simply don’t want to). Apple has not specified a release date for the new iCloud web interface. We’ve reached out to the business for comment and will update you if we hear back. The tech company touts this as an improvement for customers whose sole Apple product may be an iPhone since it makes it easier to view content and manage services via the browser on your Windows PC.