When Apple rolled out iOS 26 earlier this fall, it delivered a stunning “Liquid Glass” design to your current iPhone. Basically, it brought a transparent visual effect — like you were looking through ...

Apple's latest iterative update for iPhones brings a welcome change for those who aren't a fan of its Liquid Glass design overhaul. After user complaints that the Liquid Glass' translucent design was ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 Beta 1 on Tuesday, right after making the iOS 26.1 update available to all iPhone users. Among the new features, Apple is testing a new tweak that lets you customize the ...

In iOS 26.2, there's a new Liquid Glass slider that lets you customize the appearance of the clock. When you select the "Glass" option, you can use the new slider to make the time look almost entirely ...

Reduce Transparency on Liquid Glass To tone down the effect on an iPhone, I went to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and enabled Reduce Transparency. Now, when I look at the folders and ...

Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface has been somewhat controversial since it was introduced in June at WWDC 2025. While some users like the bold new look, others are not fans of how the exaggerated ...

Highly transparent UI elements, while visually appealing, can sometimes hinder usability by making text and icons difficult to read, especially when layered over complex or dynamic backgrounds. The ...

Apple’s new Liquid Glass user interface design was one of the most noticeable and divisive features of its major software updates this year. It added additional fluidity and translucency throughout ...

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 ...

Apple has added a new "Liquid Glass" option to reduce the transparency effect in iOS 26.1 developer beta 4. The new option can be found within Settings > Display and Brightness > Liquid Glass. Users ...