Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
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Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#2In short: Dear Apple, please tone it down a few notches.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#3Liquid ass.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#4To clarify, this isn't based on user research or survey results, as other Nielsen Group writeups are.
It's a senior editor's opinion on the UI of iOS 26.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#5Literally every change made in iOS 26 feels like a downgrade to me. This is the first time I have ever considered downgrading iOS.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#6Let’s not forget how Liquid Glass made my Apple Watch Series 10 laggy and battery-hungry due to the expensive fluid simulations. Reducing transparency in accessibility settings didn’t help unfortunately.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#7My (certainly biased, long term apple user) opinion is that Liquid Glass is delightful. I upgraded as soon as I could, and it's honestly a joy to use
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#8Literally every change made in iOS 26 feels like a downgrade to me. This is the first time I have ever considered downgrading iOS.
Is it even possible?
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#9Let’s not forget how Liquid Glass made my Apple Watch Series 10 laggy and battery-hungry due to the expensive fluid simulations. Reducing transparency in accessibility settings didn’t help unfortunately.
I have a Series 10 and I haven't experienced either of those problems. Other than the PIN entry screen being very "glassy", it's not actually that different. Perhaps you have some other issue.
Re: Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26
#10Literally every change made in iOS 26 feels like a downgrade to me. This is the first time I have ever considered downgrading iOS.
Is it even possible?
Only for a very limited time after the release. And you can’t strictly “downgrade“ it, you have to restore it from factory with the older OS and then reload your back up.