"Love it or hate it, iOS 26 brought the most radical software redesign to the iPhone in over a decade. The company's new design language, Liquid Glass, mimics how light in the real world warps and transforms when passing through physical glass. Many iPhone users find Liquid Glass refreshing, fun, and technically impressive. Detractors of the new design say Liquid Glass's myriad transparent toolbars and other UI elements, which let the content behind them bleed through, make iOS 26 harder to navigate than its predecessors."
"Hidden inside this beta was a new feature: a toggle to increase the opacity of Liquid Glass elements, giving them a less glassy and more frosted appearance. The option to make Liquid Glass appear more like frosted glass, which Apple calls "tinted" (versus "clear"), makes it much easier to see the outline of individual buttons on menu bars and other UI elements, while still letting some of the color from behind the UI elements bleed through."
Liquid Glass is a new iOS 26 design language that mimics how light warps through physical glass by using transparent toolbars and UI elements. Reactions are mixed: many users find the effect refreshing and technically impressive, while others find the transparency makes navigation harder. Apple is beta testing iOS 26.1 and added a toggle in the fourth beta to increase Liquid Glass opacity. The new "tinted" option makes UI elements more frosted and less glassy, improving button outline visibility while still allowing background color to bleed through. The setting appears in the Settings app for easy switching.
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