Apple Store App Gets Liquid Glass Update With New Icon

[MNJohn]

Apple today updated its Apple Store app for the iPhone and iPad, introducing a new icon that better matches the Liquid Glass design changes added in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.

The new version of the icon features a Liquid Glass shopping bag on a blue gradient background. The prior version of the icon had a blue shopping bag on a white background.

Apple also adopted Liquid Glass design elements for the rest of the app, adding a transparent, rounded navigation bar with a Liquid Glass slider, and an updated search interface. Aside from these design changes, the content in the app is the same.

The Apple Store app features Apple products and accessories, as well as quick access links for support. It can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Apple Store App Gets Liquid Glass Update With New Icon

Wow! Can it be?

 

[tomtad]

How we getting on with iWork?

 

[Porco]

Referring back to Aqua, by making it more skeuomorphic while ending up less skeuomorphic beside the old one that was accidentally more skeuomorphic. Unless you have a shopping bag made of glass.

Inverse-proto-para-skeuomorphism?

 

[Graphikos]

Instantly reminded me of the G4 cube.

 

[Canubis]

Really like this one, gives strong aqua vibes.

Reminds me to the apple logo found on the nice quicksilver PowerMac G4s. 🤍

 

[tomtad]

We're so back

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

Looks weird

Who’s the character name in your icon? 😰

 

[aParkerMusic]

Cue the “not buying another iPhone until they bring back the mini!!!” remarks.

Yes, it has nothing to do with the article. Exactly.

 

[RSmith2023]

Icon on my 17 PM (26.2 b2) is still the same… How are they pushing it out? Surely they aren’t wasting bandwidth to push out an icon

Never mind… they disguised an icon update as an app update… 🤦🏽‍♂️

 

[MrENGLISH]

My only issue with the design is the outside stroke along the bag and the Apple logo. Seems very un-Apple like in regards to past designs and is what it feel amateurish to me.

 

[coolfactor]

The whole Liquid Glass UI is a nod to the old Aqua UI. This looks like a modern take on the original OS X design. I think it looks great.

For those saying things like "Steve Jobs is rolling around in his grave" or "Jobs would not approve" -- he approved the original Aqua theme. Would he approve this? I have no idea and neither do any commenters here.

And yet that's what all the poo-pooers keep missing. Liquid Glass is not just a visual appearance, or a "skin", like Aqua was, but embodies actual physics in its design. The morphing of controls from one shape to another, or two objects together into one, is genius and so fluid. It makes the interface feel so alive and fun to use.

Good work, Apple. Shame that people just love to complain about everything under the Sun when changes are implemented, like switching from gasoline engines to electric. It's happening. Deal with it.

 

[coolfactor]

My only issue with the design is the outside stroke along the bag and the Apple logo. Seems very un-Apple like in regards to past designs and is what it feel amateurish to me.

If you look closer, it's more like the polished edge of a sheet of glass. Zoom out and that "thick stroke" you're seeing is just a subtle touch of the design that's needed to give the icon some depth.

 

[citysnaps]

It looks great. Though I'm not surprised most here are going non-linear over it.

 

[coolfactor]

Quite embarrassing that all Apple apps weren’t upgraded to the new style at iOS 26 launch

Hmmm, so looking at the alternative universe where everything was "done" on Day One... and then we'd have months and months of nothingburger coming out of Apple... how many complaints would that garner, I wonder? Is progression an embarrassment?

 

[krbrock1]

Seriously?...no, seriously.

 

[zenmacx]

Can’t believe iOS 26 has been out for two months and Apple hasn’t finished updating the default app icons yet.

Apple does what they want, when they want, assign premium prices and laugh all the way to the bank. It’s good to be Apple 😂

 

[turbineseaplane]

Now these were icons

 

[ksec]

I am wondering if the new UI is done with Swift UI. I thought some of the interaction inside the new Apps feels a little faster.

 

[Orizaba]

Awesome! Still waiting for Safari icon to get updated... still looks exactly the same as iOS18 and doesn't really fit in the new aesthetic.

 

[conmee]

Cue the “not buying another iPhone until they bring back the mini!!!” remarks.

Yes, it has nothing to do with the article. Exactly.

You think the mini faithful are bad? Just wait until Apple cancels the Air…

On topic, even iOS 18 can’t escape with updated icons sporting faux Liquid Glass touches to remind the recalcitrant non-upgraders of what they’re missing.

#mini4life

 

[minik]

Perfect timing for ordering the iPhone Pockets.

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

They forgot to update the keyboard inside the app. It's still sporting the "classic" iOS 18 look.

Edit: Weird, after tapping the X button above the keyboard, it kind of blinked out and back in, then changed to the new iOS 26 keyboard. So odd.

 

[transpo1]

Wow, everyone on this forum who loves LG like I do is going to love this. 🤣

 

[saturn88]

Apple today updated its Apple Store app for the iPhone and iPad, introducing a new icon that better matches the Liquid Glass design changes added in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.

The new version of the icon features a Liquid Glass shopping bag on a blue gradient background. The prior version of the icon had a blue shopping bag on a white background.

Apple also adopted Liquid Glass design elements for the rest of the app, adding a transparent, rounded navigation bar with a Liquid Glass slider, and an updated search interface. Aside from these design changes, the content in the app is the same.

The Apple Store app features Apple products and accessories, as well as quick access links for support. It can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Apple Store App Gets Liquid Glass Update With New Icon

Skeumorphism

 

[PCMA]

When will this relentless, breathtaking, awe-inspiring wave of innovation from Apple come to an end?