AGREED.
I’m hopefully for an opacity slider at some point but I’m not sure. This is rough though, I like some aspects of it I just don’t love the grass see through affect…at all.
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iOS 26 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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I’m hopefully for an opacity slider at some point but I’m not sure. This is rough though, I like some aspects of it I just don’t love the grass see through affect…at all.
I think the far bigger issues is accessibility. Look at notifications in promotional material, how do they expect older people to/ people with bad eyesight to adopt to that. They have to tone it down or, at the very least, offer options to decide on how glassy the UI should be.
A reminder that you can always go into Accessibility > Display & Text Size and toggle "Reduce Transparency" on. It'll remove all of the glass effects.
When Apple makes a wild UI change, there's often a way to disable or reduce the change in the Accessibility settings.
When Apple makes a wild UI change, there's often a way to disable or reduce the change in the Accessibility settings.
Oh dear. Using the iPhone with the glass UI now, I feel it's very bad. The actual glass reminds me of Windows Vista. I didn't actually dislike Vista, just felt it was 'of it's time' - looks dated now.
I really wish the designers didn't go with glass. I think to fix it they might have to make it frosted or dark in later betas. The way it is, it makes the icons much less clear. If the final OS looked like this, I think I'd honestly consider a Google Pixel.
Apple may have lost their way in UI design - it's really hard to comprehend. The glass is just a maniacal decision. Wow.
I really wish the designers didn't go with glass. I think to fix it they might have to make it frosted or dark in later betas. The way it is, it makes the icons much less clear. If the final OS looked like this, I think I'd honestly consider a Google Pixel.
Apple may have lost their way in UI design - it's really hard to comprehend. The glass is just a maniacal decision. Wow.
Devs will have to get on it before our home screens and folders don’t look like a casserole of absolute foolishness… I can live with that; happens every year, it seems.
I know this is the iOS thread, but GOOD GOD iPadOS stole the show, and is definitely the winner so far. I love the flexibility of using it how we’re used to when going with touch, but it’s such a breath of fresh air when I use it with my MKB. Well done, Apple.
They owed us at least this much, with the whole unsanctioned AI colonoscopy that was iOS 18
I know this is the iOS thread, but GOOD GOD iPadOS stole the show, and is definitely the winner so far. I love the flexibility of using it how we’re used to when going with touch, but it’s such a breath of fresh air when I use it with my MKB. Well done, Apple.
They owed us at least this much, with the whole unsanctioned AI colonoscopy that was iOS 18
It’s not finished… they will tweak it, along with devs adopting it as well. This is clearly (heh) setting the stage for whatever new hardware they’re introducing next year for the anniversary, I feel.
Went for a drive. CarPlay icons still do not match phone (clear/tint).
That's @Kylo83 I can also confirm the home bar auto hides now.
Performs fine on my iPad Pro M2, but it struggles on my iPhone 12 mini. Especially the Music app struggles with the bottom controls updating the reflections and text/icon color depending on the content underneath. Sometimes icons even disappear and re-render half a second later to the updated color.
I found a fix for the terrible glass appearance. Under Accessibility settings on iPhone, click 'reduce transparency'. Makes things a lot better.
I got the old Siri animation back with Apple Intelligence on
Edit: restart fixed it
Edit: restart fixed it
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I don’t like how inconsistent the new design is at this moment. Why some icons/buttons are in the glassy new design and some not?
And it looks like it could be intentional since they showed that in the keynote
And it looks like it could be intentional since they showed that in the keynote
Kinda feels like this might be built for light mode lol. Dark mode looks kinda rough but I just switched over and light looks quite a bit nicer.
Yeah light mode looks really good with the glass. I’m sure it’ll get tweaked for dark mode more throughout the beta cycle.
Anyone tested the updated visual intelligence. looks like it is not in this update. screenshot does not bring up