Apple Liquid Glass: You can’t turn it off in iOS26, but now you can tone it down

Liquid Glass is a polarizing feature of iOS 26. If you don’t love it here’s what you can do about it.

Two months ago, Apple released iOS 26 for the iPhone. The new operating system includes several productivity and other enhancements, but the main feature is a new design language called Liquid Glass. The flat, minimalist look of iOS that lasted for more than a decade is gone, replaced by a transparent interface of toolbars and buttons that mimic how light bends and warps as it passes through glass.