All the complaining about the Liquid Glass redesign may have amounted to some real change, since Apple could be offering a compromise with its forthcoming iOS update. According to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, Apple is getting ready to release iOS 26.1, which will have a toggle to reduce the Liquid Glass effect. Gurman said the iOS 26.1 update could roll out to users as early as Monday, while the first beta version of iOS 26.2 should arrive for developers the day after.
Liquid Glass was introduced at WWDC 2025 as Apple’s next big visual overhaul. It didn’t take long for users to test it out and offer up criticisms about the readability and lag caused by the animations. To address these grievances, Apple introduced an option to apply a tinted setting to its transparent redesign in iOS 26.1’s fourth beta.
While the upcoming iOS update won’t introduce anything groundbreaking, Gurman said that the latest update will be “more reliable, with fewer bugs.” Besides the toggle option, iOS 26.1 will have an updated Apple TV icon and other bug fixes, according to Gurman. Looking ahead, Apple is likely to follow the same update pattern as usual, meaning macOS 26.1 and the first beta of watchOS 26.2 should follow.
iOS 26.1 could arrive this week with a toggle to reduce the Liquid Glass effect
