Also, when cropping these screenshots, I noticed the keyboard corner radius doesn't actually match the device screen radius.
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I absolutely loathe iOS 26
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Also, when cropping these screenshots, I noticed the keyboard corner radius doesn't actually match the device screen radius.
We are damn lucky apple did not decide to make the keys on the keyboard ROUND. Then we could all play nice kindergarten together.
Fwiw, my son is color blind and he is using iOS 26/ipados 26 without any issues. Like everything else related to tech and screens and displays and the affect on us YMMV.So I'm color blind and glass tint and refraction in real life can mess with me and make me dizzy. Not that it's happens often, but it can. So when Apple released this new LG junk I wasn't sure what was gonna happen. I tried it from Beta 1 thru 26.2, toggled "off" the glass and have done all the little tricks to cut down the glass and it's still a no go for me. Every time I pull down the control center panel I get dizzy and nauseous. Same on my iPad. Ended up using my Android devices as my main devices now so I don't have that problem. But I do miss the Apple eco system
As 3rd party apps begin implementing Liquid Glass, we'll be able to see how organizations with whole design teams struggle to work with Apple's nonsense.
Hope you didn't need to know what time it is.
Hope you didn't need to know what time it is.
It's bizarre that Mail still uses this colored header. It looks unfinished because the LG buttons are taller than the header, meaning they very slightly overlap with content below it.
If LG is supposed to float over content, why doesn't it always?
If LG is supposed to float over content, why doesn't it always?
Yep. This looks like Apple paid attention to the details.
My current plan is to upgrade to iOS 26.3 partly for the security updates. But also because it has the transfer to android feature, so that if I don’t like iOS 26 I do have that escape hatch.
There is no need to do this, the escape hatch already exists:
Android Switch App - App Store
Download Android Switch by Google on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Android Switch.
apps.apple.com
[edit] Quote from the App Store link above:
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There is no need to do this, the escape hatch already exists:
Android Switch App - App Store
Download Android Switch by Google on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Android Switch.
2.6 out of 5 ratings wise?
Well, in Germany it got 3.9 out of 5:
apps.apple.com
[edit] BTW: I see 3.4 out of 5 on the US site of the App Store? 🤔
Android Switch‑App – App Store
Lade Android Switch von Google im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Screenshots, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere Spiele wie Android Switch an.
apps.apple.com
[edit] BTW: I see 3.4 out of 5 on the US site of the App Store? 🤔
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That app is a few months old, there should be something better coming:
Switching Between iPhone and Android Will Get Easier With New Apple and Google Collaboration
Apple and Google are teaming up to make it easier for users to switch between iPhone and Android smartphones, according to 9to5Google. There is a new Android Canary build available today that simplifies data transfer between two smartphones, and Apple is going to implement the functionality in...
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I’ve officially de-glassed my phone as much as possible lol
I prey they tone down the ugly refractive borders sometime soon now that Dye is out.
Also, why does the tinted glass option turn the keyboard blue instead of grey?? It’s so jarring compared to the rest of the OS
I never needed an app to switch platforms and doubt it would help me. My thoughts on switching to Android is to first switch to Google on your existing iPhone. Get your contacts and calendar all synced with your Gmail account. Put your photos in Google Photos. If you own your music, download the AAC files to a computer and then copy them to Google Drive. Then when you get your Android phone, just log in and most of the work is done. Now it's just downloading the apps you want and customizing it to your heart's content.
The app copies all your texts and call history to the new device, too.
Got it. That's the kind of cruft I like to get rid of when starting a new device, but I can see the value there.
I posted about this earlier - it makes zero sense. Make sure to submit feedback to Tim if you're on a beta version.
I left beta for this cycle because I knew it would be a long wait between releases through the holidays, but I plan to jump back on next week. I’ll definitely report it then.
I don’t like the blue tint it applies in light mode, but I do like how much darker the dark mode keyboard is when it’s tinted.
Another unexpected surprise in ios26.2! It broke the functionality that triggers Siri from my 10 year old BMW steering wheel button. Up until ios26, press & hold the « speak » button on my steering wheel triggered Siri, now it f#!# dials my phone number and hangs up. Most of the tips online for this issue don’t work, I opened a trouble ticket with Apple feedback. (0.0001% chance it’ll get fixed)
The only way now I can use hands free my iPhone in my car is just to receive calls & dial using the car’s horrible antiquated interface… ah well, new ios26, ip17, maybe time for a new car !
The only way now I can use hands free my iPhone in my car is just to receive calls & dial using the car’s horrible antiquated interface… ah well, new ios26, ip17, maybe time for a new car !
Yesterday I got my iPhone 17 Pro with iOS 26.0 and I used it for few hours just to check how it worked when they released it and then I updated to 26.2
I was coming from iOS 17 (on my 13 Pro Max) directly to 26 and I have mixed feelings. It's not *that* bad but it's also not amazing how Apple pretends it to be.
What I don't like:
- everything seems to be bigger than on iOS 17 - like buttons and icons in Apps. It's really noticeable in Apps like messages and phone - the list is way shorter now because of bigger icons or in a conversation with someone - the icon on top and the name of the person are a lot bigger and it just looks weird,
- the white reflective borders are a joke, they look so stupid and the way they turn off and turn on back when there's no movement on home screen is questionable, like what is exactly the point of that?
- I don't like control center but I also didn't like it on iOS 18, maybe I'm just used to how it looked like on iOS 17 but for me it looked way cleaner than on iOS 18 and 26,
- the keyboard is a mess and feels cramped but at the same time the key caps look (or are?) smaller compared to the old one,
- the photos app... my god it's such a downgrade compared to the one on iOS 17. I can't believe how bad it is. At least it works better than on iOS 18 when I was beta testing it for 2 weeks,
- i don't understand the behaviour of liquid glass, for example in weather app the buttons at the bottom are transparent, then I swipe up and they turn frosted, then I change pages to other cities, transparency turns on and then I go back to the first page where they were frosted and boom - suddenly they are transparent at the same place they were frosted lol you can see it in the screen recording
What I like: well the transparency/glass effect looks fine when it works, the overall system feels mostly smooth but I can't compare it to older phones. I haven't seen any major bugs yet except the weird liquid glass behaviour (if that's a bug idk) and some icons look different when they're in minimised folders.
What is unacceptable for me: Apple literally forced me to update my Apple Watch to WatchOS 26. I have Series 8 that was still on WatchOS 10, it worked perfectly fine and I didn't want to update because first - my phone was on iOS 17 and second - the battery life was getting bad but I still was able to have it working from 9pm till 9pm the next day (without AOD).
I literally wasn't getting any notifications while connected to iPhone with iOS 26 and going to the Watch app it showed me the prompt to update and I couldn't do ANYTHING. That should have NEVER been the case.
Like what exactly was the reason for them to force me to update my watch to receive the notifications?
Apple is literally opening up notification forwarding in iOS 26.3 to 3rd party watches but I can't have the same thing on my APPLE watch that's on slightly older OS? Yikes.
And of course the battery life on my watch took a major hit. I charged it to 100%, took of the charger around 11pm, it's 4pm the next day and the battery is down to 30%. If it doesn't settle down then I'm saying goodbye to Apple Watch once and for all until they start offering them with battery life comparable to competitors (not talking about Ultra, I don't want that).
I was coming from iOS 17 (on my 13 Pro Max) directly to 26 and I have mixed feelings. It's not *that* bad but it's also not amazing how Apple pretends it to be.
What I don't like:
- everything seems to be bigger than on iOS 17 - like buttons and icons in Apps. It's really noticeable in Apps like messages and phone - the list is way shorter now because of bigger icons or in a conversation with someone - the icon on top and the name of the person are a lot bigger and it just looks weird,
- the white reflective borders are a joke, they look so stupid and the way they turn off and turn on back when there's no movement on home screen is questionable, like what is exactly the point of that?
- I don't like control center but I also didn't like it on iOS 18, maybe I'm just used to how it looked like on iOS 17 but for me it looked way cleaner than on iOS 18 and 26,
- the keyboard is a mess and feels cramped but at the same time the key caps look (or are?) smaller compared to the old one,
- the photos app... my god it's such a downgrade compared to the one on iOS 17. I can't believe how bad it is. At least it works better than on iOS 18 when I was beta testing it for 2 weeks,
- i don't understand the behaviour of liquid glass, for example in weather app the buttons at the bottom are transparent, then I swipe up and they turn frosted, then I change pages to other cities, transparency turns on and then I go back to the first page where they were frosted and boom - suddenly they are transparent at the same place they were frosted lol you can see it in the screen recording
What I like: well the transparency/glass effect looks fine when it works, the overall system feels mostly smooth but I can't compare it to older phones. I haven't seen any major bugs yet except the weird liquid glass behaviour (if that's a bug idk) and some icons look different when they're in minimised folders.
What is unacceptable for me: Apple literally forced me to update my Apple Watch to WatchOS 26. I have Series 8 that was still on WatchOS 10, it worked perfectly fine and I didn't want to update because first - my phone was on iOS 17 and second - the battery life was getting bad but I still was able to have it working from 9pm till 9pm the next day (without AOD).
I literally wasn't getting any notifications while connected to iPhone with iOS 26 and going to the Watch app it showed me the prompt to update and I couldn't do ANYTHING. That should have NEVER been the case.
Like what exactly was the reason for them to force me to update my watch to receive the notifications?
Apple is literally opening up notification forwarding in iOS 26.3 to 3rd party watches but I can't have the same thing on my APPLE watch that's on slightly older OS? Yikes.
And of course the battery life on my watch took a major hit. I charged it to 100%, took of the charger around 11pm, it's 4pm the next day and the battery is down to 30%. If it doesn't settle down then I'm saying goodbye to Apple Watch once and for all until they start offering them with battery life comparable to competitors (not talking about Ultra, I don't want that).
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I’ve been wracking my brain on how I can reduce the glass distortion effects system-wide, but still have animations when swapping between apps. I am still testing it out, but I think I just figured it out and it is so simple.
First, enable Reduce Motion system-wide. Then, go to Per-App Settings and disable Reduce Motion for Home Screen & App Library.
You get a beautiful, readable “frosted glass” (or old-school iOS 7 blur, I suppose) with zero distortion in all your apps this way, but you still keep your full-glass notifications, dock, and app folders.
The only “issues” I noticed right away are:
1. Step two needs to be enabled, then disabled again after every reboot
2. Safari tab switcher motion is reduced, as expected. Just isn’t as pretty as stock.
3. Pop-up menus have a 0.5 second lag I need to adjust to, because the animation is changed to a simple fade.
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It's been 2,5 days since I got my 17 pro and I get it now when people say that iOS 26 is not smooth.
It feels like they sped up animations to cover lack of smoothness or the fact that the system doesn't use the full potential of 120hz display. It's not that it's not fast, it just feels like some animations are locked at 30hz.
The best example is in photos app when I open a photo, delete it and go back to the library, when the other photos move, the animation is fast but it looks jarring like it's locked to 30hz.
It's not everywhere but in lots of places actually.
And they definitely have to improve how fast the system reacts. I can tap on a button several times till the animation with the pop-up triggers. Obviously it's not like I do that all the time but in some cases I can tap on a button and have to wait 1-2 seconds till it finally reacts and triggers the animation.
Also there's visual bug when the pop-up shows up for a split second, hides and then shows up again when the animation finally triggers. Both of the 2 things are visible in the screen recording.
It feels like they sped up animations to cover lack of smoothness or the fact that the system doesn't use the full potential of 120hz display. It's not that it's not fast, it just feels like some animations are locked at 30hz.
The best example is in photos app when I open a photo, delete it and go back to the library, when the other photos move, the animation is fast but it looks jarring like it's locked to 30hz.
It's not everywhere but in lots of places actually.
And they definitely have to improve how fast the system reacts. I can tap on a button several times till the animation with the pop-up triggers. Obviously it's not like I do that all the time but in some cases I can tap on a button and have to wait 1-2 seconds till it finally reacts and triggers the animation.
Also there's visual bug when the pop-up shows up for a split second, hides and then shows up again when the animation finally triggers. Both of the 2 things are visible in the screen recording.