Introducing Liquid Glass - Apple
Liquid Glass is a user interface and design language introduced by Apple on June 9 during the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference.
Description[]
The Liquid Glass with clear app icons on iOS 26 from a demo iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Liquid Glass uses modern graphics processing units to give the user interface animated glass-like properties, such as translucency and refraction, in real time to allow stacking of user interface elements and maximizing the use of space in crowded displays. It is being introduced in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 (Tahoe), tvOS 26, visionOS 26, and watchOS 26.[1][2]
References[]
- ↑ Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design, Apple Inc. 2025-06-09.
- ↑ What is Liquid Glass? Internet reacts to Apple's new software design by Amaris Encina, USA Today. 2025-06-09.
See also[]
- Aqua, a liquid-like user interface design language previously used in early versions of Mac OS X.
- Icon Composer, for building layered app icons that function through Liquid Glass.
External links[]
- Design at Apple Developer
- Liquid Glass Apple Developer Documentation
- Liquid Glass at Wikipedia
