iOS 27: Tone Down Liquid Glass Transparency

If you've ne'er been a instrumentality of Liquid Glass – Apple's glass-like interface effect introduced successful iOS 26 – past there's immoderate bully quality successful iOS 27. Apple has added a mounting that lets you finely set the level of translucency, giving you much power implicit the look and consciousness of your iPhone.


Perhaps you find notifications excessively see-through, oregon you privation to spot much of your wallpaper done Control Center. Fortunately, iOS 27 includes a dial that tin assistance with that. Apple has swapped the two-option Clear and Tinted mounting for a continuous slider that puts translucency anyplace betwixt barely-there solid and a dense frost.

The earlier presets arrived successful iOS 26.1 and gave you 2 positions connected a spectrum, whereas iOS 27 gives you the full spectrum. It besides locates the power successful "Appearance" – a caller conception successful Settings that gathers up interface options antecedently scattered done Display & Brightness, including Light and Dark mode and substance size.

Not lone that, Apple has besides tweaked the default look, and says that Liquid Glass present diffuses analyzable contented down it much efficaciously portion drafting a clearer separation betwixt layers.

How to Change the Liquid Glass Effect

When you archetypal instal iOS 27, you'll beryllium presented with the slider to alteration the Liquid Glass effect, but it's bully to cognize however to get to it aboriginal if you privation to power up the look.

1. Open Settings connected your iPhone.


2. Tap Appearance.


3. Tap Liquid Glass.


4. Drag the slider near for a clearer, much transparent effect, oregon close to adhd tint and opacity.

The midpoint connected the slider is Apple's default. The UI preview redraws successful existent clip arsenic you resistance it, truthful you tin ticker it alternatively of having to backmost retired of Settings to check. Note that the mounting applies crossed the system, and affects everything from Control Center and Home surface folders to app overlays and Lock Screen notifications.

If the Slider Doesn't Go Far Enough

Even astatine the tinted end, Apple's interface retains a grade of glassiness. If you're not satisfied with the result, 2 Accessibility options propulsion it further:

• Reduce Transparency strips retired astir each translucency, leaving lone flat, coagulated backgrounds.


• Increase Contrast sharpens the boundaries betwixt buttons, text, and immoderate sits down them.

You tin find some successful Settings ➝ Accessibility ➝ Display & Text Size.

You'll find that iPadOS 27 besides offers these controls successful the aforesaid place, and the aforesaid goes for macOS 27 Golden Gate (albeit successful System Settings). All 3 bundle updates are successful public beta now, with a wide merchandise expected successful September.
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