Liquid Glass Too Clear For You? Ios 26.1 Has A New Switch That Fixes It - Here's How

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• iOS 26.1 will see a move to use a tinted look to Liquid Glass.
• The action renders surface elements little transparent.
• The move will besides scope nan iPad, Mac, and presumably nan Apple Watch.

Apple's new Liquid Glass design seems to beryllium deed aliases miss. Some group emotion it; others don't. I bask nan wide effect, though I don't for illustration nan measurement icons and different ocular elements tin sometimes beryllium difficult to see. I don't want to move it off, but I would for illustration to set it. 

Also: How to customize MacOS Liquid Glass and make it uniquely yours

And that's precisely what I'll soon beryllium capable to do.

A caller toggle

With iOS 26.1 comes a caller toggle that will fto you tweak nan look of Liquid Glass. Right now, nan look is clear and transparent pinch nary measurement to alteration that. But pinch nan caller update, you'll beryllium capable to springiness it a tinted appearance, fundamentally rendering it much opaque.

Also: I abnormal this iOS 26 characteristic correct aft updating my iPhone - here's why you should, too

The aforesaid move will besides look connected different Liquid Glass devices, namely nan iPad, Mac, and presumably nan Apple Watch. 

How to effort now

You tin effort nan caller move correct now by downloading nan 4th iOS 26.1 nationalist beta. 

Assuming you person a spare iPhone connected which to trial this, caput to Settings, prime General, and past click Software Update. Tap nan action for Beta Updates and group it to iOS 26 Public Beta. Allow nan update to download and install.

Also: You tin update your iPhone to iOS 26 for free correct now - here's which models support it

To springiness Liquid Glass a tinted look, spell to Settings, prime Display and Brightness, and click nan action for Liquid Glass. You tin past move from Clear to Tinted to spot if you for illustration nan caller look.

October release

Right now, your options for customizing Liquid Glass are limited. You can't move it off; each you tin do is tone it down. For that, you tin trim nan transparency of your screen, arsenic good arsenic tweak nan look of your Home screen. But those steps only spell truthful far. The much opaque artistic provided successful iOS 26.1 should region immoderate of nan unsmooth edges astir Liquid Glass.

Also: Apple's first iOS 26.1 beta is present pinch caller features to effort - and a large Wi-Fi fix

iOS 26.1 is presently successful its 4th beta trial for some developers and nan public. If Apple follows its accustomed schedule from erstwhile years, we should spot nan charismatic motorboat of this update astir nan extremity of October.

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