Ios, Ipados And Macos Now Let You Frost Apple's Liquid Glass

As expected, iOS 26.1 is retired now for each Apple smartphone users today, and it includes what is judge to beryllium a celebrated feature from nan beta. Once installed, this update lets group opt to springiness nan Liquid Glass look a frostier, much opaque appearance. You tin find nan action to tint nan surface down notifications and tab bars wrong nan Settings menu. It's nether Display & Brightness, past nan Liquid Glass section. The characteristic is besides coming successful iPadOS 26.1 and macOS 26.1, some of which besides dropped today.

Ever since Apple unveiled nan Liquid Glass creation it had planned for nan adjacent versions of iOS, nan artistic has been divisive. (We astatine Engadget person been beautiful good divided down nan mediate astir it from nan start.) The tinting of nan newest operating systems joins a increasing roster of accessibility and visibility options to customize really Liquid Glass looks, from nan full-on transparent mode to a higher-contrast and higher-opacity approach.

One different standout from nan 26.1 OS releases is for nan iPad users. Those of you who wanted nan return of Slide Over for multitasking tin respire a sigh of relief: aft appearing successful nan beta past month, nan characteristic is back. Many iPad owners appreciated really Slide Over fto them power surface existent property without changeless rearranging of windows. The characteristic has been reimagined for nan tablet's existent capabilities, fundamentally letting you pin a model to nan apical of your surface and hide it erstwhile you want. This model tin besides beryllium resized and fixed your facet ratio of choice.