We’ve been used to it for so long; have any of us really noticed it in years? Since 2013, the Apple iPhone’s icons, windows, and tabs have looked more or less the same. Aside from a few slight tweaks over the years, it’s been Apple’s steady design language. Playful and flat.

Liquid Glass upends all of that. It’s the new design language that Apple is standardizing across its product line. Even the Apple TV and Apple Watch get it.

After installing the public release of iOS 26 on my iPhone 15 Pro to try it out, I can say that it is certainly something. It looks different in my hand than in pictures online, and it takes some getting used to.

a free update to liquid glass

Updating your iPhone to iOS 26, available for free for an iPhone from the iPhone 11 and newer. Older iPhones, such as th

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