Apple Adds A New Toggle To Make Liquid Glass Less Glassy

Apple’s latest iOS 26.1 beta has a caller action that lets you tint Liquid Glass elements of iOS 26 truthful that they are much opaque. Since announcing Liquid Glass astatine WWDC this year, Apple has tweaked precisely really glassy Liquid Glass is — early on, location were some legibility issues — but this caller mounting gives you nan prime of making things much transparent aliases much frosted.

The action is disposable now successful nan iOS 26.1 developer beta that Apple launched connected Monday. You tin entree it from Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass, wherever you tin take betwixt “Clear” and “Tinted.” The latest iPadOS 26.1 and macOS 26.1 developer betas besides fto you tint Liquid Glass, MacRumors reports.

Here’s a fewer image sliders showing really things look pinch nan clear aliases tinted Liquid Glass. For each one, nan screenshot connected nan near features nan app pinch nan “Clear” Liquid Glass action while nan screenshot connected nan correct uses nan “Tinted” one. The differences are subtle, but I overmuch for illustration nan Tinted versions.

The Liquid Glass toggle isn’t nan only useful caller action Apple added pinch nan newest iOS 26.1 beta. The update besides lets you move disconnected nan expertise to swipe to nan camera from nan fastener screen, which mightiness forestall group who person your telephone from taking pictures moreover if they can’t bypass your fastener screen. You tin entree nan toggle from Settings > Camera > Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera.