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Alex Blake

Apple’s Liquid Glass redesign in iOS 26 is cracking – here’s why that’s a good thing

A screenshot of WWDC 2025 showing the redesigned iPhone homepage in-hand.
  • Apple has just released the iOS 26 developer beta 3 update
  • This adjusts the Liquid Glass design to make it less transparent
  • It’s not the first time Apple has tweaked Liquid Glass in iOS 26

When Apple unveiled iOS 26 at its WWDC 2025 event in June, the thing on everyone’s lips was the Liquid Glass redesign. This has brought glassy effects to Apple’s operating systems and has divided opinion in a big way, but the latest iOS 26 beta looks to have dialed it back significantly – and I’m glad to see it.

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