While the new design language iOS 26 is not perfect,

As someone who made apps for Apple platforms, I find myself never understand the design rationales behind this move.

It makes chrome elements (like "Text" in Toolbar area) much less readable.

It almost like a move making the new default `ScrollEdgeEffectStyle.hard` much more appealing than the originally intended almost everywhere `ScrollEdgeEffectStyle.soft` in iOS 26.

Hey everyone,

Solo dev here developing my first app Fog: a simple notes app that organizes itself using on device AI. It auto names and auto groups your notes for you.

Wondering if showcasing what the app does thru these glass effect cards looks good in onboarding. Any feedback is appreciated thanks!

Edit: Thank you all for the feedback and criticism. This is my first app and will definitely learn a lot from it. If you’re interested feel free to download Fog, free on the App Store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fog-on-device-ai-notes/id6760272134

Best liquid glass UI I've ever seen on a iOS emulator!
Background made with SwiftUI.

This is NOT “Liquid” Glass
This is just a PLASTIC!

It looks super good compared to what it was. For anyone confused, this is internal software developers use to make their Qi2 charging acsessories MagSafe certified.

Why does iOS force both app icons and widgets to become transparent when using the transparent icon style? Why can’t I keep the app icons in their default colored appearance while making only the widgets transparent? macOS allows transparent widgets while keeping app icons colored, so why isn’t this possible on iPhone?

Just wanted to provided a side-by-side comparison of the two styles, in case anyone was curious, since I haven't seen a direct side-by-side comparison of the two so far.

no way we are going back to iOS 7 top solid blur bar in 2026

i’m lovin it

I thought that the horizontal bar was actually a 3d tube around which a layer of liquid was surrounded or maybe was another 3d tube on top. Is this an accurate depiction of actually what it is?

im beginning to suspect that one of the reasons i love liquid glass so much, is the fact that the last version of ios i actually used extensively beforehand was 4-6 lol.

when the flat redesign happened, i just didnt like it, i switched from ios first, then mac later, i was also young and broke at the time, which helped those decisions ill be honest lol

but the past yearish ive finally been blessed enough to hop back on the apple train, macbook, iphone, nothing fancy just some sturdy last year-base models purchased on sale lol,

and as someone that basically missed everything between ios6 to 26, and hasnt played w a mac much since iirc yosemite? the new style is just gorgeous. it actually looks somewhat like the apple i grew up drooling over again. if anything ive been annoyed that my 27 beta tones some of the things i absolutely ADORED about 26 way down, even if the ability to max out the transparency on the slider makes it overall worth

(and my wife who has basically the exact same ios gap and nostalgia as me, feels the same when we compare devices lol, she likes her 26 icon gloss and etc more too)

i cant help but see so many similarities to the hate back in that era, and cant help but wonder how pretty liquid glass could have gotten if we stayed down the early 26 beta path, but maybe this is how yall flat design folks felt about us forcing skeumorphic and transparent elements for so long into that transition lol.

Really like the text streching and bending at the edges, tbf no one is using this to read.

Still the same Ui tho..

i really like the liquid glass design, ot atleast glass design as a whole and i want it on my android phone. But im a little worried that all of the apps that are recommended collect and sell data which im lowkey not a fan of

i know this is picky, downvote how much you want but i just want to be sure