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Apple Announces Liquid Glass Improvements and Transparency Slider

Monday June 8, 2026 10:14 am PDT by Hartley Charlton<br>Apple's WWDC 2026 Keynote: Follow along with our live blog.<br>Apple today announced a series of improvements to Liquid Glass, the translucent design language the company introduced last year.

Apple said it has heard user feedback, which it "deeply appreciates," and is now making adjustments to the underlying foundations of how Liquid Glass is constructed. Chief among those changes is a new slider that lets users control transparency, ranging from fully opaque to completely clear.

Sidebar behavior is also being updated. Sidebars will now expand to the full edge of the window, with refraction effects continuing beneath them rather than cutting off at the sidebar boundary. Sidebar icons will also retain their color, a change that addresses a common complaint about the original Liquid Glass implementation.

Apple also announced updates to its app icon design language. Having redesigned all of its first-party icons last year to create a more consistent look across apps and platforms, the company said it is now taking that work further by incorporating additional layers of Liquid Glass directly into the icon artwork itself.

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Top Rated Comments

d5aqoëp<br>18 minutes ago at 10:17 am

This is already the best WWDC presentation since 2019<br>Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Sensamic<br>12 minutes ago at 10:24 am

Major fail recognizing a vast majority of users weren't happy with Liquid Glass because legibility was terrible.<br>Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Dmoney77<br>19 minutes ago at 10:17 am

Good! So people can finally stop crying about it. Looking forward to iOS 27!<br>Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Aleh<br>7 minutes ago at 10:28 am

Either you go full in or you don't. Now what about third party developers and apps? It makes inconsistency throughout the OS. Not good.

How is it inconsistent lol? It’s system wide. As long as the app was already using Liquid Glass.<br>Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

MistaBungle<br>9 minutes ago at 10:27 am

I’m in the minority group but I want more glass, so I’m going left!<br>Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Sensamic<br>11 minutes ago at 10:25 am

Either you go full in or you don't. Now what about third party developers and apps? It makes inconsistency throughout the OS. Not good.<br>Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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