- Liquid Glass Reportedly Will Remain an iOS 27 Feature
- Apple is developing a system-wide slider to control its intensity
- iOS 27 will prioritize performance and stability over flashy features
Unless you’re running an outdated version of iOS on your iPhone, you’ll know that Apple will drastically overhaul the look and feel of its operating systems in 2025, and that the company’s Liquid Glass interface appears to remain a feature of iOS 27.
In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloomberg insider Mark Gurman claimed that Liquid Glass is “not going anywhere anytime soon” despite initial issues related to interface readability and the surprise departure of Apple’s top software designers late last year.
Instead, the company will focus on performance and stability improvements in iOS 27, as well as the long-awaited overhaul of Siri and its integration with Google Gemini. “There is not much time to get rid of Liquid Glass even if [Apple] I wanted to do it,” Gurman joked.
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However, there is a silver lining for those offended by Liquid Glass’ occasionally unreadable widgets, menus, and app icons: According to Gurman, Apple could introduce a system-wide slider that allows users to precisely control the intensity of Liquid Glass in iOS 27.
Apple was able to implement such a feature for the clock on the lock screen during the development of iOS 26, but “faced engineering challenges trying to extend it system-wide.”
If the company can find a way to make this intensity slider apply to things like app folders, app icons, and navigation bars simultaneously, then iPhone users will have much more control over the appearance of Liquid Glass on their iPhone.
Of course, users already have several settings at their disposal that alter Liquid Glass, including ‘Increase Contrast’, which makes interface elements sharper, and ‘Reduce Transparency’, which – surprise! – removes almost all translucency from iOS 26.
Apple’s upcoming iOS 26.4 update will also add the option to turn off Liquid Glass highlights, so the company is clearly aware that its new translucent interface, at least in its default state, doesn’t work for everyone. However, a system-wide slider seems like an improvement on those three settings.
So in iOS 27, it looks like Apple will double down on Liquid Glass customization while prioritizing internal stability, a la Mac OS X Snow Leopard. And in truth, we’re more than happy that the company is focusing this year on fixing bugs to improve the experience rather than making design changes that disrupt the experience.
Apple is expected to announce iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 in June, and the new operating system will debut on the iPhone 18 Pro line in September.
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