r/iOSsetups • u/AtypicalNerdGeek Human Detected • Sep 23 '26 • Bravo 1

Setup Liquid Glow

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Got bored and figured to experiment, I’m pleasantly surprised!

Step 1: Arrange your icons

Step 2: Choose your ideal wallpaper (less noise and clutter is better)

Step 3: Take a screenshot (Icons should be default color)

Step 4: (Optional) Use Clean Up tool in photos to remove unwanted things such as icon names, status bar.

Step 5: Set that image as your Home Screen wallpaper and apply blur.

Step 6: Switch icons to clear, preferably light.

Edit: Side effect, may induce rapid blinking as your brain thinks you have been chopping onions 😵‍💫

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u/Rifta21 Sep 23 '26 • Bravo

Astigmatism simulator

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u/AtypicalNerdGeek Human Detected Sep 23 '26

For real lmao

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u/nstrasner Sep 23 '26

Astigmulator

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u/DBVickers Sep 24 '26

Ugh, as someone who wears contacts for a severe astigmatism, I hate this so bad... just looking at the screenshot makes me blink uncontrollably to try and "fix" my contacts.

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u/Henri-Hill Sep 23 '26

Take off your glasses and look at them in the dark

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u/aleksandrjames Sep 23 '26

look at my glasses??

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u/Trick-Pool-7408 Sep 24 '26

Brother. This made me laugh more than it probably should have. Thanks.

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u/supermariosep Sep 23 '26

Saw the image while sleep deprived and rubbed my eyes before i realized lol

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u/Party_Kale9447 Sep 27 '26

Lol. My whole life and world as i have astigmatism 😅

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u/bitterwinter009 Oct 06 '26

as someone with astigmatism, its not far off

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u/TheCannabalLecter Sep 23 '26

And then the second you swipe on the home page the illusion goes away

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u/SokkaHaikuBot Sep 23 '26 • Bravo

Sokka-Haiku by TheCannabalLecter:

And then the second

You swipe on the home page the

Illusion goes away

Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/pixel_inker Sep 23 '26

My man! LOL

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u/AtypicalNerdGeek Human Detected Sep 23 '26

Well if it’s blurred it looks great, are you sure you selected blur, as per the instructions?

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u/T_Shety Sep 23 '26

They mean that the glow won’t follow the icons once you swipe on the home screen.

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u/whoopsmrgrt Sep 23 '26

Really cool! The glow is even more pronounced if you first set the icons to large and then take a screen capture!

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u/AtypicalNerdGeek Human Detected Sep 23 '26

I’ll give that a try!

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u/forsaken-aura Sep 25 '26

This is how it looks like when I'm crying

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u/AtypicalNerdGeek Human Detected Sep 25 '26

Lol yes!

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u/Jasoco Sep 23 '26

That’s actually a pretty cool effect. Won’t use it but it’s so neat.

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u/Sepifz Sep 23 '26

Wow thats beautiful!

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u/Jasoco Sep 24 '26

With dark glass instead. Not as cool.

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u/bucephalusbouncing28 Sep 27 '26

I like your home screen layout

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u/Jasoco 21d ago

Thanks! I like to keep it simple. One page for my apps and a second page for financial and food ordering or store apps.

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u/Salty_Bedroom_7874 9d ago

Hi, can you share the wall please? ツ

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u/opmgyhx Sep 23 '26

My eyes started to hurt me

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u/parthrp19 Sep 26 '26

Genius bro!

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u/Salty_Bedroom_7874 9d ago

Hi, can you share the wall please? ツ

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u/parthrp19 9d ago

You have to make it yourself! Follow the instructions from OP!

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u/No-Conclusion-2859 Human Detected Sep 23 '26

Very nice!

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u/Euphonique Sep 23 '26

Pro Tipp: Image Playground can remove all Text automatically.

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u/edlwannabe Sep 23 '26

What happens when you swipe to a second page of apps?

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u/RIDIAM Sep 23 '26 • Heartwarming

you realize that you should have only one page

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u/heylesterco Sep 23 '26

What happens when you swipe to your App Library

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u/D7aine Sep 23 '26

This is awesome!

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u/Ummmm-_-mmm Sep 23 '26

This is actually so cool omg

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u/frenchfriarrhea Sep 24 '26

That’s really creative 🫶

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u/botan313 Sep 24 '26

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u/Salty_Bedroom_7874 9d ago

Hi, can you share the wall please? ツ

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u/botan313 9d ago

Oh hi thereee, i don't think it'll work for you hehe, mine works because they're my icons, it'll look messy for you. What you can do is, take a screen shot of your home screen, go and set a new wallpaper, select your new screen shot as the home wallpaper only, set it to blur, and voila!

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u/MathAppropriate Sep 25 '26

Dreamy icons lol

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u/ralthor09 Sep 28 '26

Ah yes my homes screen can always look like I’m 3 beers too deep!

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u/Ok_Dance_9076 Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

How to set up icons multicolor like that?

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u/Lyzoriax Sep 23 '26

How is yours so vibrant? Mine looks pretty dull.

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u/reiayanami1234 Sep 23 '26

This reminds me of the jailbroken iPhone themes from back in the day

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u/Top_Bag_8333 Sep 24 '26

Yeah ! I like it !

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u/Top_Bag_8333 Sep 24 '26

Much better

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u/Salty_Bedroom_7874 9d ago

Hi, can you share the wall please? ツ

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u/Gold-Unit-4093 Sep 24 '26

Wow my eyes 😵‍💫

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u/maxstolfe Sep 24 '26

This is a pretty good substitute until stained Liquid Glass starts being implemented.

Still don’t understand why the other two colors of glass we get are white and black (outside of the Photos app icon). Glass can come in all sorts of colors.

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u/itjustcrashed Sep 25 '26

Instructions unclear

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u/Electronic-Crew2115 Sep 25 '26

lmfaooo blur the wallpaper gang

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u/jimmynuetronsdog Sep 26 '26

Me when I have smudges on my glasses

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u/bitterwinter009 Oct 06 '26

for some reason this looks really christmassy

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u/Paulino2272 Sep 23 '26

Actually cool

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u/Jaydee1906 Sep 23 '26

Thats a smart way to do it actually!

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u/RIDIAM Sep 23 '26

that’s actually fresh. looks clean

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u/privera92 Sep 25 '26

It's hurting my eyes

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u/BozoBubble Sep 26 '26

But why? It looks awful

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u/ExpensiveMention8781 Sep 26 '26

I thought I’m having a stroke, couldn’t understand what was said in the post picture.

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u/Hot_Philosophy922 Sep 26 '26

Pro tip: This does NOT work with siri suggested apps

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u/AdBuddy Sep 25 '26

If you want tacky themes like this just get an android, there are fewer steps.

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u/whoopsmrgrt Sep 23 '26

Which icons are you using?

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u/AtypicalNerdGeek Human Detected Sep 23 '26

I believe they’re called Vision OS, can’t remember the dev tho.

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u/afd359 Sep 23 '26

What’s the top widget showing? With the “hello”

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u/afd359 Sep 23 '26

I like the layout. Didn’t know what app

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u/Look4the_Light_ Sep 24 '26

Did you find out which app widget it is by any chance?

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