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Apple Announces Liquid Glass Improvements and Transparency Slider

Apple today announced a series of improvements to Liquid Glass, the translucent design language the company introduced last year.

liquid glass slider

Apple said it has heard user feedback, which it "deeply appreciates," and is now making adjustments to the underlying foundations of how Liquid Glass is constructed. Chief among those changes is a new slider that lets users control transparency, ranging from fully opaque to completely clear.

Sidebar behavior is also being updated. Sidebars will now expand to the full edge of the window, with refraction effects continuing beneath them rather than cutting off at the sidebar boundary. Sidebar icons will also retain their color, a change that addresses a common complaint about the original Liquid Glass implementation.

liquid glass app icon

Apple also announced updates to its app icon design language. Having redesigned all of its first-party icons last year to create a more consistent look across apps and platforms, the company said it is now taking that work further by incorporating additional layers of Liquid Glass directly into the icon artwork itself.

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Top Rated Comments

Leobreaker Avatar
6 weeks ago
"Hey Siri, make my phone look like iOS 18."
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MistaBungle Avatar
6 weeks ago
I’m in the minority group but I want more glass, so I’m going left!
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Skylar. Avatar
6 weeks ago
Happy I can get my transparent Liquid Glass while those who dislikes it can be happy with their “frosted” glass too. Thank you Apple!
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vertsix Avatar
6 weeks ago
They listened. Impressive.
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Mitthrawnuruodo Avatar
6 weeks ago
That's gonna go all the way to the right... :D
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Johnny907 Avatar
6 weeks ago

Good! So people can finally stop crying about it. Looking forward to iOS 27!
Wrong. We didn’t ask for it to be changed, we asked for it to be GONE.
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