iOS 26.2 Lock Screen Gets Liquid Glass Slider

[MacRumors]

In iOS 26.2, there's a new Liquid Glass slider that lets you customize the appearance of the clock. When you select the "Glass" option, you can use the new slider to make the time look almost entirely clear, or give it a more frosted, solid look.

There continues to be a separate Solid toggle that turns off the Liquid Glass appearance for the clock entirely if you want to opt for a much more opaque design.

Apple has been adding Liquid Glass customization options, most recently introducing a "Tinted" toggle in iOS 26.1 that makes notifications and in-app buttons much more opaque for those who don't care for the Liquid Glass transparency.

Many iPhone users have been asking for a Liquid Glass slider to customize the intensity of Liquid Glass throughout iOS 26, but it's not clear if Apple plans to expand the slider beyond the Lock Screen.

Article Link: iOS 26.2 Lock Screen Gets Liquid Glass Slider

 

[dannyyankou]

It’s like they’re trolling us at this point.

 

[now i see it]

its getting worser

 

[fonzy91]

Nice! I hope they add it to the general interface too, I'd love it all super glassy!

 

[TheDailyApple]

Apple: We have no idea what consumers want or what will work best, so let's just let each user design their own interface. It just works™*

*after extensive setup

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Just give me an option to disable, not reduce, that shapeshifting border nonsense around icons and widgets.

Not fix them in place, please.. remove them.

 

[SAIRUS]

Apple: Seriously Think Different, because we're not good at UX anymore.

 

[strkt1192]

 

[GradientWinds]

We've completely lost the plot.

 

[10anta]

Liquid Glass continues to look and feel like trash. I hope all this rowing back from the iOS25 stylings is an indicator that it won’t be long for the world and Apple can rediscover taste.

 

[PixelPanics]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS, give me clear numbers baby!

 

[SilmarilFinder]

Lets completely get rid of this liquid glass nonsense and call it a day shall we?

 

[chrono1081]

My beef is how you can only have large text with one of the fonts. What failure of a software dev screwed that up? (Oh wait, that's what you get when you do leetcode interviews.)

 

[4 bit 9d api]

ITT: People complaining about having options.

 

[boswald]

That'll be fun to use when creating new setups. Thank you, Apple.

 

[RedWeasel]

"Here's a slider to tell us how much you think we failed"

 

[DunedinD]

Usually I would lean towards it simply being that I just don't understand the point of a design, but with this and the 26.1 liquid glass changes, it is quickly looking like LG as a design is failing to hit the mark.

 

[The Doctor11]

I'm going to crank that baby up to transparent. Unironically.

 

[klasma]

Maybe needs a “Spatial Realism” slider as well.

 

[klasma]

We've completely lost the plot.

They should just add a “Fck it, here’s the boring iOS 18 design again” toggle.

 

[maxfromdenmark]

Hallelujah, finally we can switch off the newest feature nobody wants.

 

[4 bit 9d api]

Hallelujah, finally we can switch off the newest feature nobody wants.

You've already been able to do that.

 

[Jashar7]

In iOS 26.2, there's a new Liquid Glass slider that lets you customize the appearance of the clock. When you select the "Glass" option, you can use the new slider to make the time look almost entirely clear, or give it a more frosted, solid look.

There continues to be a separate Solid toggle that turns off the Liquid Glass appearance for the clock entirely if you want to opt for a much more opaque design.

Apple has been adding Liquid Glass customization options, most recently introducing a "Tinted" toggle in iOS 26.1 that makes notifications and in-app buttons much more opaque for those who don't care for the Liquid Glass transparency.

Many iPhone users have been asking for a Liquid Glass slider to customize the intensity of Liquid Glass throughout iOS 26, but it's not clear if Apple plans to expand the slider beyond the Lock Screen.

Article Link: iOS 26.2 Lock Screen Gets Liquid Glass Slider

wtf is going on with Apple, these all options they giving are such un Apple like at this point they becoming Android… go all in Liquid Glass and who likes it likes it who doesn’t doesn’t change the phone if you don’t want it, idk why they have gotten this soft these past years.

 

[tomekwsrod]

You've already been able to do that.

No, we don't, unless you mean to throw away the phone and buy a non-apple device, then yes, I agree.

 

[Parowdy]

its getting worser

Apple: We have no idea what consumers want or what will work best, so let's just let each user design their own interface. It just works™*

*after extensive setup

iOS hasn’t evolved into some toggle jungle with more options than use cases that would warrant people losing their cool over some simple slider.
This doesn’t impede the set up process whatsoever.
Stop being dramatic. Since when are we asking Apple for less personalization, options and features?
The only negativ thing about this is that it took Apple so long to overcome their stubbornness.