iOS 26 Beta 3 Liquid Glass Regression

I anticipated Monday’s beta release as I assumed beta 3 would likely be the first to have a chance to update the Liquid Glass material after the initial feedback from developers. Disappointment would be an understatement – the light mode glass material is so incredibly frosted in some places it looks more like older materials than Liquid Glass. I run my phone in dark mode all the time, and luckily the glass updates there are a far better compromise. It almost feels like a bug how much they pulled back on the light glass material. Keen to see how the redesign settles down by the public release and over the coming years.

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