New UI of Messages in IOS 7 Demo and How It Looks Like

Apple has added contact photos to group conversation threads and a few other UI enhancements in the iOS 7 beta 2.

Easily the most noticeable change to the Messages app in beta 2 are the presence of contact photos in group conversations. Similar to how jailbreak tweaks like Copic add contact photos to messaging threads, the Messages app now shows images from your contact cards in conversation.

Unfortunately, it appears that this is only the case when in group conversations. So you have to be talking with multiple people to see the contact photos. So you couldn't see the photos everywhere in Messages, including the main window that shows all of your convos.

Other changes in the app include what looks like thicker text on the Send button — in beta one, the font was very thin — as well as enhanced ‘send’ animations. And also, there are now timestamps for each message. Simply swipe to the right on a Message to reveal.

I just wonder how the UI looks like on black iPhone, Orz... What do you think about it?