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iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Lets Users Control Liquid Glass Transparency with New Toggle

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With the fourth betas of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS 26.1, Apple has introduced a new setting that's designed to allow users to customize the look of Liquid Glass.

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The toggle lets users select from a clear look for Liquid Glass, or a tinted look. Clear is the current Liquid Glass design, which is more transparent and shows the background underneath buttons, bars, and menus, while tinted increases the opacity of Liquid Glass and adds more contrast.

The new setting can be found on iOS and iPadOS by going to Settings > Display and Brightness, or System Settings > Appearance on the Mac.

Apple says that the new toggle was added because during the beta testing period over the summer, user feedback suggested that some people would prefer to have a more opaque option for Liquid Glass. The added setting provides additional customization in iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1.

Increasing opacity and adding contrast applies to Liquid Glass throughout the operating system, including in apps and Lock Screen notifications.

There are multiple other new features in iOS 26.1, including a new slide to stop feature for alarms and timers, new Apple Intelligence languages, a redesigned Apple TV app icon, changes to the Settings app, and more, with a full list of features available in our iOS 26.1 feature guide.

Article Link: iOS 26.1 Beta 4 Lets Users Control Liquid Glass Transparency with New Toggle
 
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Now we know why the stock price went up 😅

Seriously, if they had just done this from day one they would have saved themselves a lot of flack.

Hopefully this works as described and doesn't do a half assed job like changing the accessibility settings.

I hope it looks like it does in the image in the article. That's noice!
 
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Hope they have fixed the bug of reduced transparency having higher power consumption than the normal option. (Edit: relevant within this context because there's the possibility of the Tinted option having the same issue)

Next wishlist: reduced padding/higher information density option?
 
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Wowww!! Apple actually listened to people request!! How shocking!!! 😱
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They probably also have metrics.

I have been upgrading to the new release at the very latest on RC day or release day every year since iOS 5. This is the FIRST year I stay on the previous OS this late into the cycle. I bet I'm not the only one, and Apple can see this.

Looking forward to seeing if this makes 26 more tolerable. I don't WANT to stay behind, but I've been so discouraged by how much hate this release has gotten.
 
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