How could they make something so bad… I really dislike it, a lot. Terrible design, even worse accessibility. Disappointed on so many levels.
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iOS 26 Beta 1 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
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5 mins in and the glowing effect around the icons got annoying. It makes icons look like stuff you’d get from Cydia theme packs.
Yeah, I'm actually shocked - it actually makes iOS 18 look really fresh in comparison.
I have the same issue with the iOS 26 wallpaper (not with any others) so I just made the clock bigger and I'll live with the bug for now lol.
First impressions that I just have to get used to the new look. I'm not disliking it, I don't think it's ugly, but I do have to get used to it. It's been the same for so long that I guess that's only normal.
I am not yet convinced by Liquid Glass.
Example: The Control Center looks really ugly with this (i.e. the beta 1 version of Liquid Glass)!
Example 2: The dark mode doesn't look as good with Liquid Glass as the light mode. The Apple designers really need to work on this again! It must not stay like this!
From an aesthetic perspective, I would recommend a frosted glass effect rather than liquid glass in some places! @Apple please don't make a mistake just because your design pride could be offended!
Example: The Control Center looks really ugly with this (i.e. the beta 1 version of Liquid Glass)!
Example 2: The dark mode doesn't look as good with Liquid Glass as the light mode. The Apple designers really need to work on this again! It must not stay like this!
From an aesthetic perspective, I would recommend a frosted glass effect rather than liquid glass in some places! @Apple please don't make a mistake just because your design pride could be offended!
Yes, it’s embarrassingly bad. It seems like a big misstep for iOS design. It looks like an ugly Cydia jailbreak theme.
It's interesting that some of the 3rd party app icons seem to have been "glass-ified" automatically.
The Control Center is pretty bad, no way it's staying like that.
I feel the opposite. I really like it! Seems like people either love it or hate it
The release notes list a load of "not working" things with the solution being "reboot". So I'd suggest rebooting if you haven't tried that already!
Here's an honest question, not joking like. If I keep running iOS 18 on my 16 Pro Max (when iOS 26 is released), how long might I get security updates for?
For the first time this might be an option for me. I can see Apple making the new OS look better, but I think the entire premise of glass is just insane. I think it will still look worse than iOS 18 when there are done.
For the first time this might be an option for me. I can see Apple making the new OS look better, but I think the entire premise of glass is just insane. I think it will still look worse than iOS 18 when there are done.
Here's a screengrab from a friend showing some of the new macOS-like features. He says it's pretty rough around the edges though.
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I imagine Liquid Glass design will get a LOT of tweaks over the summer, a la iOS 7 tweaks.
Mail app looking phenomenal on iPadOS 26, as well as the new layout for Notes. Big fan of both of these changes!
Mail app looking phenomenal on iPadOS 26, as well as the new layout for Notes. Big fan of both of these changes!
Yeah. It really seems half-assed. The see through folders look really janky. Surely Apple can do better than this. Maybe it will improve in later betas.
Same issue here, as soon as it seemed to finish installing, phone went black with red battery icon (my phone was at 90% when I started)...
Unfortunately had to put my phone in DFU Mode to get back on, not sure I'll try to update again until I hear that issue is fixed.
Forgive me if this has been mentioned but is anyone else’s Home Screen widgets at the bottom? Was this intended or is it a bug?
