Apple’s Liquid Glass was a wild change to my iPhone

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After staring at, scrolling through, and puzzling implicit Apple's caller Liquid Glass plan connection connected my iPhone for the amended portion of an afternoon, I don't hatred it. But I besides deliberation it needs a small much clip successful the kiln.

Apple announced Liquid Glass connected Monday for each of its devices astatine WWDC 2025. Perhaps the astir noticeable happening astir it is that app icons, tab bars, and adjacent the substance magnifier you'll spot erstwhile you hover implicit words feel, well, liquid-y and glassy.

The thought seems to beryllium that due to the fact that they're "floating" a furniture implicit things similar your lockscreen wallpaper oregon text, the "glass" tin beryllium translucent to springiness you a consciousness of what's nether them. It makes sense. The archetypal implementation successful the iOS 26 developer beta has galore of Apple's signature flourishes and attraction to detail.

But lad are the changes jarring erstwhile you archetypal spot them.

Let maine amusement you conscionable however dramatically it changes things. Below, connected the near is simply a representation of my iOS 18 lockscreen I shared with David Pierce for the Installer newsletter conscionable past month, and connected the close is my lockscreen today, connected my iPhone 16 Pro with the iOS 26 developer beta (out now) installed.