Overview
- iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26.1 beta 4 introduce a systemwide Liquid Glass menu offering two appearances: Clear or Tinted.
- Tinted increases opacity and contrast on UI elements such as menus, navigation bars, and Lock Screen notifications for easier legibility.
- Testing shows little to no change in areas like Control Center, the App Library, app icons, and Home Screen widgets.
- The preference applies across Apple apps and third‑party apps that implement Liquid Glass, and it is a binary choice with no slider.
- The feature is available now to developers and public beta testers, with 26.1 also adding tweaks like a toggle to disable swiping to open the camera from the Lock Screen.