For years, the notch just sat there on top of the iPhone, doing nothing besides obscuring the selfie camera and the Face ID components. It was a necessary nuisance, a compromise that afforded a slimmer bezel but not a fully continuous display.
Not any more. With the new iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple has reduced the notch into a pill-shaped, black cutout on top and gave it life. Apple’s calling it the Dynamic Island, which may be a funny name, but it does convey the gist of it: The notch (now island) is no longer a passive thing that’s only there to hide something; it’s an entirely new feature.
