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What is Liquid Glass? A new material launched in WWDC 2025

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Apple introduces a delightful and elegant new software design - Liquid Glass | Credit: Apple
About Liquid Glass: Apple unveiled Liquid Glass, a groundbreaking design language that will be available on iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26 at WWDC 2025. Perhaps the most significant visual update since iOS 7 in 2013, this daring change combines translucency, depth, and fluidity to promise a cohesive, immersive experience across all Apple devices. What is Liquid Glass?
Expressive. Delightful. But still instantly familiar.
Introducing our new software design with Liquid Glass. pic.twitter.com/8hA0q2aCTf — Tim Cook (@tim_cook) June 9, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook calls the new software design, or aesthetic, Liquid Glass "Expressive." Wonderful. Yet instantly recognizable." Apple claims that the "look" rapidly identifies programs and system experiences and enhances their expressiveness and enjoyment.
It is translucent, acts like glass in the real world, and intelligently adjusts its color to light and dark conditions based on the content around it. Unlike earlier incarnations, the new design will work with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, tvOS 26, and watchOS 26. How will Liquid Glass work on devices?
Apple's Human Interface Guidelines now train developers to adopt Liquid Glass in SwiftUI, UIKit, and AppKit using updated APIs—allowing apps to harmonize with Apple's broader aesthetic and build spatial hierarchy into app design
iPhones: App icons, Control Center, lock screen numerals, and the keyboard now feature layered translucency and subtle 'droplet' tap animations
iPads & macOS: Sidebars and widgets float above backgrounds with depth, and macOS includes a transparent menu bar and desktop widgets for more personalization
watchOS & tvOS: Apple's press release confirms the theme extends to Apple Watch and TV with matching visual consistency Why now? Strategic Vision and Hardware Leverage
Hardware synergy: Apple attributes the ability to create complex effects in real time to the use of current chips (A18 and M series) and graphics engines.
Platform-wide coherence: Liquid Glass guarantees that Apple's design scales into future hardware and provides a visual foundation for upcoming goods, such as reports of an ultracurved, all-glass iPhone for 2027 ("Glasswing").
Apple's most daring design shift in years is represented by Liquid Glass, an interface that was created to work with both software and hardware. Although it still needs work in terms of readability and polish, it foreshadows Apple's goal of creating a seamless, integrated ecosystem. As developers adopt its API and public beta testing starts, Liquid Glass is likely to become the foundation of Apple's upcoming user interfaces.
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