Who thought the glass effect was a good idea? Please add an option to disable it — my eyes aren’t a GPU benchmark, and it murders the battery.
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Original Title: iOS 26
iPhone 12 mini, iOS 26
While you cannot turn off Liquid Glass, you can reduce its transparency effect at Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency. This removes the translucent "liquid" effect, making UI elements like menus and buttons more solid and easier to read, and reducing the load on the processor and battery usage.
While you cannot turn off Liquid Glass, you can reduce its transparency effect at Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency. This removes the translucent "liquid" effect, making UI elements like menus and buttons more solid and easier to read, and reducing the load on the processor and battery usage.
JokerWasRight wrote:
just because you like, no, love it, doesn’t mean everyone does. the post owner never mentioned replacing it, the request here is to just be able to disable it for those who don’t want it, frosted glass was a sweet spot for visibility and aesthetics. just because your folder looks good doesn’t make the theme good. that is more frequently used than opening a folder and admiring how good the open folder looks.
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Hello~ Do you have a technical question for us? We are your fellow forum members not Apple so we can only offer our thoughts. If you are unhappy with Apple let them know as the get paid for people to be rude to them unlike we volunteers.
~Katana-San~
Thanks for sharing your concerns. Unfortunately there is no way to turn it off or downgrade your iOS. You are welcome to let Apple know of your feedback below.
The battery drain after updating is almost certainly unrelated to the Liquid Glass effects. There is a lot of background processing that has to take place after a major update. Give things a few days to settle down.
lobsterghost1 wrote:
JokerWasRight wrote:
just because you like, no, love it, doesn’t mean everyone does. the post owner never mentioned replacing it, the request here is to just be able to disable it for those who don’t want it, frosted glass was a sweet spot for visibility and aesthetics. just because your folder looks good doesn’t make the theme good. that is more frequently used than opening a folder and admiring how good the open folder looks.
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I'll never understand why it's just fine to come here and complain about something like Liquid Glass, but people get their panties in a knot if someone doesn't agree with them. Of course you don't have to like it. I'm just as free to say I like it as you are to say you don't. But eliminate Liquid Glass you simply CANNOT do. So where does that leave you? Arguing what you think Apple should offer, doesn't work here, because this is a user to user only forum, which no one from Apple participates, nor reads for user feedback. You can tell us what you want all day long, but no one here can give you what you want. This is why I wrote a user tip about what you can actually do with settings to better optimize Liquid Glass to better meet your needs. Perhaps you'd like to see what the options are by reading this --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
Hello~ Nicely done…
~Katana-San~
LD150 wrote:
yudilks wrote:
Reduced transparency actually might drain more battery.
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Yes I have seen that video, questionable science, but there is no technical reason for a glassy appearance to use much extra power anyway.
Questionable science indeed! I tested it myself using two iPhone 17 Pro phones. One with Transparency turned on and one with Transparency turned off. In neither phone was battery life diminished or enhanced. Both were connected to Wifi. I do believe that having motion on in Settings > Accessibility > Reduce Motion could have some minor affect on the battery. I personally didn't like the animation, so on my iPhone, Reduce Motion is turned on. Even that in itself should not have a significant impact on the battery.
You are trying to tell other users on this user-to-user site what you think Apple needs to do.
Apple is not here. They won't see your post.
If you want Apple to do something.....(remember, they are not here)....you need to tell Apple directly:
JokerWasRight wrote:
just because you like, no, love it, doesn’t mean everyone does. the post owner never mentioned replacing it, the request here is to just be able to disable it for those who don’t want it, frosted glass was a sweet spot for visibility and aesthetics. just because your folder looks good doesn’t make the theme good. that is more frequently used than opening a folder and admiring how good the open folder looks.
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I'll never understand why it's just fine to come here and complain about something like Liquid Glass, but people get their panties in a knot if someone doesn't agree with them. Of course you don't have to like it. I'm just as free to say I like it as you are to say you don't. But eliminate Liquid Glass you simply CANNOT do. So where does that leave you? Arguing what you think Apple should offer, doesn't work here, because this is a user to user only forum, which no one from Apple participates, nor reads for user feedback. You can tell us what you want all day long, but no one here can give you what you want. This is why I wrote a user tip about what you can actually do with settings to better optimize Liquid Glass to better meet your needs. Perhaps you'd like to see what the options are by reading this --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
Voidtrace wrote:
Who thought the glass effect was a good idea? Please add an option to disable it — my eyes aren’t a GPU benchmark, and it murders the battery.
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Original Title: iOS 26
Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't either. I quite like, no, LOVE the new Liquid Glass effect.
On my iPad, this just looks so cool:
You can tone the effect down in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Turn Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast off. But turn off Liquid Glass altogether, you cannot.
DeborahHarrisonReid wrote:
Please get rid of the Liquid Glass. Or at the bare minimum be able to turn it off. It’s seriously messing with my eye sight It makes all the apps look blurry through my glasses and my eye doctor said this prescription is correct.
Honestly, who thought this was a good idea?!?! Makes me want to switch to android!
I think it's a great idea. But then I'm user like you, just like everyone else who posts on this user to user forum. We aren't Apple. Apple isn't here. No one here can get rid of Liquid Glass. And Apple surely isn't going to get rid of Liquid Glass.
But you can make adjustments and read this ALL the way through to see what might work for you --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
Just so you know, if you update your iPhone, there’s no going back.
This update has caused allot of confusion and has a steep adjustment for many users.
The new user interface is here to stay and has been thoroughly tested throughout the Beta program process.
You can adjust display preferences as well as Accessibility settings to better reflect your needs.
You have the option to provide ⇢ Product Feedback.
If enough requests are made, your feedback might help with future development, like a toggle in the settings.
Good luck! 👋🏼😉
I would like to completely disable the new “glass” feature! It is impossible to see your apps if you put them in folders! The only thing I could figure out is to remove pictures as the background wallpaper and make it a plain screen! Uggg!
Prskltr wrote:
I would like to completely disable the new “glass” feature! It is impossible to see your apps if you put them in folders! The only thing I could figure out is to remove pictures as the background wallpaper and make it a plain screen! Uggg!
Read this ALL the way through --> Liquid Glass - Love It Or Hate It - It's … - Apple Community
yudilks wrote:
Reduced transparency actually might drain more battery.
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Yes I have seen that video, questionable science, but there is no technical reason for a glassy appearance to use much extra power anyway.
I feel your pain. I don’t like seeing a button by looking through another button. There’s a reason why important information in cockpits and on highway signs are opaque (easier and quicker to see).
I do understand that the furniture must be rearranged sometimes. Otherwise it gets boring. We’ve had it good for a while. This simply will not be our time.
Disable glass effect in iOS 26 for better battery life
