Apple’s Glass-Like Software Redesign Sounds Cool, but It Isn’t Exactly New

Apple’s glass-like software redesign sounds cool, but it isn’t exactly new

Apple is eyeing a design overhaul across iPhones, iPads, and macOS that is inspired by glass. This won't be the first time we're seeing glassmorphism.

Apple will reportedly demo its 'Liquid Glass' interface redesign with 'see-through visuals' at WWDC

Apple's upcoming iOS 26 reveal will reportedly feature a design overhaul called "Liquid Glass."

Apple’s iOS 26 Liquid Glass Interface Is Built for 20th Anniversary iPhone

A new software design style will be at the center of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference — and set the stage for an upcoming iPhone overhaul. Also: The company picks the date for its annual back-to-school deal and prepares to expand iPhone carrier promotions in its retail stores.

Apple’s Liquid Glass redesign doesn’t look like much

Source: The Verge Design, to quote a wildly overused Steve Jobs-ism, is how it works. And if that’s the case, Apple’s new design language, which the company is calling “Liquid Glass” and just announced at WWDC 2025, is really nothing new at all. The Liquid Glass look comes largely from VisionOS, which shipped with a particular constraint: it had to layer digital information over your physical world, without occluding that physical world. That’…

★ Gurman Says New UI Is Named ‘Liquid Glass’ (and Makes a Terrible Analogy Regarding Apple’s Risk With Falling Behind on AI)

Mark Gurman, in his eve-of-WWDC Power On column at Bloomberg: The Liquid Glass interface is going to be the most exciting part of this year's developer conference. It will also be a bit of a distraction from the reality facing Apple: The company is behind in artificial intelligence, and WWDC will do little to change that. Instead, Apple is making its successful operating system franchise more capable and sleek - even as others move on to more gr…