iOS 26.1 lets you turn down liquid glass' transparency | TechCrunch

"If you didn't like the look of iOS 26, all you could do so far was to reduce transparency via the accessibility settings, which pretty much turned off the liquid glass overlay. With iOS 26.1, we now get a new menu to retain the look while increasing opacity. You can head to Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass to select either the original "Clear" option or a more opaque "Tinted" option."

"Besides the transparency settings, iOS 26.1 also lets you tweak what gestures do on the home screen: You now get an option to open the camera app by swiping to the left on the lockscreen. You change this by going to Settings > Camera > Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera. IOS 26.1 also gives users the ability to locally capture audio and video while recording a video call."

iOS 26.1 is available for eligible devices from Monday and introduces a Liquid Glass opacity control that lets users keep the translucent design while increasing opacity. The new setting appears at Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass with options for "Clear" or a more opaque "Tinted" and previews for each choice. The update adds a lock-screen camera gesture at Settings > Camera > Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera and enables local capture of audio and video during video calls for on-the-move recordings. Apple Intelligence gains support for eight additional languages: Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese (Portugal), Vietnamese and Turkish.

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