Having been on iOS 26 since beta 3 I can say that I really enjoyed the glass for about 6 weeks but the honeymoon is nearly over. I'm starting to get annoyed with little things in it. For example if you use dark icons, it adds that stupid shimmer around the icon which depending on the wallpaper color usually just ends up making the icon look like misshapen square. I also feel like the icons lost resolution in the change and lack vibrancy. So I find myself having to use the clear glass icons because it hides that misshape better and I don't have to look at those dull color icons. Also some of the notifications can be hard to read depending on what your wallpaper is but thats been an issue all along with liquid glass.
I do like the new lock screen layouts better but that's about it. I can't help but feel that iOS 26 is going to age poorly, and quickly. I think that in a year or two this is going to look really old and tired. There are some good os concepts out there showing what liquid glass could have been so hopefully Apple pays attention and incorporates some of those ideas.
How many people will ditching Apple for Android before it makes Apple rethink this weird OS. I've been on iPhone since the 3g and never thought I'd start looking at Android but the Pixel 10 has me thinking.... But it seems like a mountain of work to offload all my Apple accesories and pick up pixel equivalents.
