What Liquid Glass tint setting are you using?

[Brettka7]

This is by far the most exciting part of iOS 27 for me. I can see again!

I do appreciate the transparency with a good blur for readability though, so I chose a setting right in the middle of medium and high. I found the highest setting is too white for me while the middle setting is still to clear for my taste.

 

[SoYoung]

Is it me or it didn’t teint the notifications box anymore like the iOS 26 setting do? For me it’s a big step backward.

 

[pw5a29]

Fully clear definitely

 

[Brettka7]

Is it me or it didn’t teint the notifications box anymore like the iOS 26 setting do? For me it’s a big step backward.

I agree, the notifications lose all color and just get blur now. Ut doesn’t blur it enough to make up for it either IMO

 

[Dulcimer]

Can someone post a screenshot with a bunch of liquid glass UI over some non trivial background for all three settings/extremes?

 

[Brettka7]

Can someone post a screenshot with a bunch of liquid glass UI over some non trivial background for all three settings/extremes?

Here’s Clear, Default, Tinted, and a couple options between each step.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

I like 75% tint. Let's color and some shape through, but not a distracting amount.

 

[BigBlur]

I hope Apple continues to tweak these settings, at least for dark mode. I installed iOS 27 on my spare phone, so I’m able to compare it to iOS 26 on my main phone. I figured the default setting would be the same as iOS 26. Nope, it’s frostier. I slid it all the way to the left, and it’s still frostier/cloudier than iOS 26 in dark mode.

In dark mode, I actually prefer Liquid Glass in iOS 26, but if I had to pick one in iOS 27 right now, I’d go with the right side (more tinted) just so that the buttons blend in more. The buttons are lighter in the other two for some reason and look weird to me.

iOS 26

iOS 27 - More Clear (Left)

iOS 27 - Default (Middle)

iOS 27 - More Tinted (Right)

However, in light mode, I like it all the way to the left, which is most similar to iOS 26.

iOS 26

iOS 27 - More Clear (Left)

iOS 27 - Default (Middle)

iOS 27 - More Tinted (Right)

 

[FeliApple]

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Here’s Clear, Default, Tinted, and a couple options between each step.

I really dislike Liquid Glass, and even if the fully tinted one still looks… glassy, that is a massive improvement from the original one. I think that barring a full reversal this is the best option.

For comparison, here’s the same part on iOS 18, on light mode:

And here’s iOS 18 on Dark Mode:

As you can see, it still looks glassy vs iOS 18, but it’s far better, IMO.

 

[FeliApple]

I hope Apple continues to tweak these settings, at least for dark mode. I installed iOS 27 on my spare phone, so I’m able to compare it to iOS 26 on my main phone. I figured the default setting would be the same as iOS 26. Nope, it’s frostier. I slid it all the way to the left, and it’s still frostier/cloudier than iOS 26 in dark mode.

In dark mode, I actually prefer Liquid Glass in iOS 26, but if I had to pick one in iOS 27 right now, I’d go with the right side (more tinted) just so that the buttons blend in more. The buttons are lighter in the other two for some reason and look weird to me.

iOS 26
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iOS 27 - More Clear (Left)
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iOS 27 - Default (Middle)
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iOS 27 - More Tinted (Right)
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However, in light mode, I like it all the way to the left, which is most similar to iOS 26.

iOS 26
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iOS 27 - More Clear (Left)
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iOS 27 - Default (Middle)
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iOS 27 - More Tinted (Right)
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Interestingly, the tinted version of the music app uploaded above looked far better, IMO. It was serviceable, even vs iOS 18, IMO (which I uploaded above).

With Safari, even if it’s not translucent, it’s still… glass.

Here’s iOS 18 on both Light and Dark Mode:

Far, far better, imo. Safari, even fully tinted, still looks glass.

 

[pinkkie]

iOS 26
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iOS 27 - More Clear (Left)
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the content behind is now rendered in much lower resolution, some kind of performance optimization?

 

[Brettka7]

the content behind is now rendered in much lower resolution, some kind of performance optimization?

Are you sure you’re not seeing the new frost that gets added + the color correction in the iOS 27 “material”?

iOS 26 glass basically deep fried every color using HDR, and iOS 27 glass doesn’t enhance colors so drastically.

 

[vindasal]

Are notification boxes in light mode still completely white with full tinted regardless of wallpaper color like in OS 26? One of my most hated changes with 26 is that in tinted mode the notification boxes don't absorb the color of the wallpaper like they did in 18 and earlier. Looks incredibly jarring, and readability was not really any worse with the 18 style of color tinting.

 

[Brettka7]

Are notification boxes in light mode still completely white with full tinted regardless of wallpaper color like in OS 26? One of my most hated changes with 26 is that in tinted mode the notification boxes don't absorb the color of the wallpaper like they did in 18 and earlier. Looks incredibly jarring, and readability was not really any worse with the 18 style of color tinting.

I agree, and the answer is no - in fact, the tint at full strength is barely any white or black tint at all. It just slightly blurs the notification at maximum tint. I would provide a screenshot if I had any that weren’t so private currently.

I honestly expect this to change in a later beta because they’ll probably get complaints about readability.

Edit: here’s maximum tint. Dark mode is the same.

 

[vindasal]

I agree, and the answer is no - in fact, the tint at full strength is barely any white or black tint at all. It just slightly blurs the notification at maximum tint. I would provide a screenshot if I had any that weren’t so private currently.

I honestly expect this to change in a later beta because they’ll probably get complaints about readability.

Edit: here’s maximum tint. Dark mode is the same.

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Wow, yeah I imagine that'll need tweaked a bit. Hopefully we'll end up with something better in the end though than we currently have with 26, just needs adjustment.

 

[ghostface147]

All the way clear and it’s still not glassy enough to me. Beta 1 iOS 26 had it best.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Are you sure you’re not seeing the new frost that gets added + the color correction in the iOS 27 “material”?

iOS 26 glass basically deep fried every color using HDR, and iOS 27 glass doesn’t enhance colors so drastically.

Straight up looks lower res to me. The increased refraction-stretch just exacerbates the visibility of pixelation.

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The outline effect is also more pleasing in the OS26 pics with only the soft grey chamfered-glass looking outline and picking up the green highlight from page content behind.

 

[SoYoung]

Are notification boxes in light mode still completely white with full tinted regardless of wallpaper color like in OS 26? One of my most hated changes with 26 is that in tinted mode the notification boxes don't absorb the color of the wallpaper like they did in 18 and earlier. Looks incredibly jarring, and readability was not really any worse with the 18 style of color tinting.

I really don't understand the step backward. The tint switch on iOS 26 was perfect in term of readability especially with notifications and now with iOS 27 it goes back to beginning.

 

[Brettka7]

I really don't understand the step backward. The tint switch on iOS 26 was perfect in term of readability especially with notifications and now with iOS 27 it goes back to beginning.

It was just so, so ugly compared to iOS 27’s tint.

I do think a happy medium would be to extend glass tint to all glass, and I think that should include the Home Screen dock, folders, control center, etc. it doesn’t make sense that if I were to select fully tinted, there would still be some parts of the UI that are crystal clear.

 

[tomtattoo]

You may roast me, but if something is floating under a message bubble, sidebar, menubar - no matter how much it is tinted - it is less readable, worse, nonsense. So the whole concept is just false. Nothing else than solid background is acceptable. They´ve lost their minds.

 

[jameseld82]

It was just so, so ugly compared to iOS 27’s tint.

I do think a happy medium would be to extend glass tint to all glass, and I think that should include the Home Screen dock, folders, control center, etc. it doesn’t make sense that if I were to select fully tinted, there would still be some parts of the UI that are crystal clear.

This…. Exactly this. If we want to use tinted then make it across the whole ui. Including the dock and Home Screen folders.