iOS 26 has not only brought an important change in the name, It also comes with the largest redesign of the iPhone for years. The interface Liquid Glass is characterized by being full of transparencies, Something that not to everyone will convince him. Liquid Glass cannot be deactivated, but there are ways for your iPhone to have a design almost like before.
Goodbye to transparencies in iOS 26
As the saying says, for tastes: colors. There will be those who are delighted with Liquid Glass, but one thing is true: The readability of some elements is harmed With so much transparency. I no longer talk about Transparent icons do not find appsbut of menus and controls that overlap and do not finish seeing well. If you are in my team, this option is for you.
The magic button to get rid of transparencies.
The button we are talking about is’Reduce Transparency ‘ And it does just what his name says. To activate it you simply have to go into adjustments – Accessibility – screen and text size and disable it. The result will be that the translucent effect will be reduced, causing the elements to distinguish much better. Let’s look at a couple of examples:
The APP photos controls look fatal when we see an image or full screen.
The APP photos is a good example that transparency is not always better. Looking at this full -screen image, the buttons look much less clear with activated transparency. In addition, the effect is changing as we move the photo, causing the background to move and dizzy even more.
The control center is much more readable.
The control center also benefits from this option, but above all Where I have noticed is in the notification panel (in the cover photo). Here we have many small texts and we usually slide to see all notifications, making everything move and cost us more to read.
If you want to improve the readability a little more about the option ‘Increase contrast’ It is just below. If you active, the effect is minimized Glow And everything looks flatter.
And finally, if you don’t like Liquid Glass, there is plenty of saying that Do not activate transparent icons, Better to leave it in the ‘by omission’ mode.
Two extras: Telephone and Safari
The redesign also reaches system applications and, again, It is not for everyone. The good news is that they allow us Go back and have the design before. One of them is the safari browser.
Safari has a new design, but we can return to the old if we want.
By default, when IOS IOS 26 will activate the new compact design that the search bar and two buttons have on the sides. If you go to settings – Safari you can choose whether to keep the re -but without the compact design or on the contrary Return to classic design with the top bar and the buttons below.
The telephone app also has a new design.
In the case of the telephone app, when opening it asks if we want to try the new design. As in Safari, The interface is more compact And it offers us less tabs at the bottom, in addition to eliminating the “calls/losses” coach from the top. If you do not convince you, you can click on the top button to the right and return to the classic design.
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