‘Beautiful’ and ‘Hard to Read’: Designers React to Apple’s Liquid Glass Update

Apple’s transparent design Updates for iOS 26, known as liquid glass, are now available for developers, a public beta is scheduled for next month. The first big interface of the refresher-upl is to see the overhall-app icon, buttons, menu and pop-ups in 10 years, made of frosty glass, the colors of the blinking background.

Software changes are not just for IPhoneThe This glass appearance – inspired by the operating system Vision Pro Headset– will roll out in the whole suite in the end Apple Devices, from smartwatches to iPad.

After W. of W. 2025 The keynote on Monday ended, many design-centered developers were fascinated by the main update with the cable cable, but this transparent appearance was a long-time question about how the readability could affect the users.

“Something is very difficult to read,” the current workplace messaging app is created by the product designer Alan Yu OutputThe “Basically because I think they made it very transparent.” U suggests to adjust the ambiguity or background to make Ukrine designs more readable.

“Like the first bitter of iOS7, what we have seen so far can read fairly and possible in the edges, or in challenges, especially for the visual impaired users,” Josh Packet says, Josh Packet, RepetitionWhich helps startups with design. Nevertheless, Packet is optimistic based on Apple’s past AccessibilityOver time that readability will improve.

Serhi Popv, a design-first software engineer McPopoThe company behind the Cleanmmack app is eager to see how the new operating system will look into mac in bright light situations, where the flash already affects visibility. However, overall, this “truly fresh” appearance from Popov Apple. “I think it looks bigger and will allow you to read or interact with the UI with more comfort,” Popov says, Popov says. For that, new designs and updates look especially soft IPadsThe

Beyond the anxiety of reading, the first idea from some designers is that this new look can be unnecessary for users.

“From a technical point of view, this is a very impressive effect. I appreciate the time and effort that it must have been able to duplicate the reflection of higher degrees and spread the light,” Adam Whitcroft said, a designer Adam Whitcroft said Owner.comWhich creates applications and websites for restaurants. “However, sadly I haven’t seen an example of the way I am able to pull it in the way it is presented.” Whitcroft applies the dispersion and reflection of the bottom layers as visually confusing, especially since the user is changing the interface layouts. “If you design a UI that is away from the widespread context of the eye, you’ve gone the wrong way,” he says.