Overview
- The latest internal builds reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman indicate iOS 27 and macOS 27 do not include sweeping Liquid Glass changes.
- Apple is considering a systemwide slider to adjust glass opacity in iOS 27, a feature previously limited to the Lock Screen clock after engineering hurdles.
- Recent releases added modest controls such as a Tinted option in iOS 26.1 and additional tweaks in later 26.x updates to tone down highlights.
- Steve Lemay, now Apple’s software design chief and a key force behind the interface, is guiding the ongoing iteration of Liquid Glass.
- Despite Alan Dye’s departure to Meta with some colleagues, reporting points to years of gradual improvements, with readability refinements needed on Mac and Apple Watch.