PSA: You CAN Reduce Transparency

[SpaceGrayAlways]

For folks that are not fans of the liquid glass appearance, it should be noted that a setting that has been available for some time remains available for use: "Reduce Transparency"

This setting can be found in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency.

Hope this helps!

 

[C7 POWER]

I personally love the new liquid glass look

 

[platinumaqua]

Can you share screenshots with it enabled?

 

[Paddle1]

Can you share screenshots with it enabled?

Here are some comparison screenshots with it on and off.

 

[platinumaqua]

Thank you for the screenshots! Text and icons looks much more readable with it on.

 

[Basic75]

Here are some comparison screenshots with it on and off.

Is Apple seriously giving us white text on such a bright background? What is wrong with them?

 

[HouseLannister]

Reduce transparency makes the pop-up bubble opaque when you are trying to fine-tune cursor placement in text

Not digging that.

 

[SpaceGrayAlways]

Reduce transparency makes the pop-up bubble opaque when you are trying to fine-tune cursor placement in text

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Not digging that.

Definitely worth a bug report for that...

 

[SpaceGrayAlways]

I personally love the new liquid glass look

I do as well - but clearly not everyone does 😊

 

[tomtad]

Reduce transparency makes the pop-up bubble opaque when you are trying to fine-tune cursor placement in text

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Not digging that.

Well you said you didn't want any transparency

 

[winxmac]

If Apple is able to replicate how it looks when the Start menu is launched on Windows 7 with a content/window in the background, I may upgrade my iPhone 11 Pro Max from iOS 17.7 to iOS 26

 

[TimFL1]

That option is meant to be an accessibility for bad eye-sighted users, not as a solution for Apple completely sh**ing on liquid glass accessibility.

It‘s a nice workaround for the time being, not a final solution.

 

[GrassShark]

Here are some comparison screenshots with it on and off.

To be honest, both of those options look pretty bad. I know it's a beta and things should improve, but there's a long way to go before either of those should ship.

 

[FeliApple]

To be honest, both of those options look pretty bad. I know it's a beta and things should improve, but there's a long way to go before either of those should ship.

Yeah, I agree, that just looks horrible, and basic usability should not have to hide behind a toggle. The Liquid Glass notification is unreadable.

Compare both to iOS 18, much better.

 

[chelsel]

Looks like dog sh*t on an iPad with reduced transparency (or with transparency)... iPad got the worst of it. Don't get me started on the windowing pseudo MacOS nonsense.