Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Kaycee Hill

iOS 26.1 lets you adjust Liquid Glass transparency on your iPhone — here's how to do it

IOS 26 Liquid Glass on an iPhone.

Apple’s latest iOS update brings a small but mighty feature that many users have been waiting for: the ability to adjust the transparency of the Liquid Glass design introduced in iOS 26. While previously users could only completely disable transparency through accessibility settings, iOS 26.1 now offers a dedicated menu with more nuanced control.

With this new setting in iOS 26.1, Apple has added more flexibility to the visual experience, allowing users to choose between the highly translucent design or a more opaque version that may improve readability while still maintaining the distinctive Liquid Glass aesthetic.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.