Jony Ive’s long era of flat design is dead. At WWDC 2025 today, Apple ushered in “Liquid Glass,” a new interface for iOS 26 (all of Apple’s software platforms are jumping straight to “26”) modeled after the glassy, reflective, and translucent software design it first introduced for Vision Pro’s visionOS two years ago.

“Apple’s new glassy UI (user interface) design literally hurts my eyes to look at,” vented a third. “The notifications are a literal eyesore. It’s the definition of form over function. This OS update is going to be the worst thing Apple has done since iOS 7. No joke.”

iPhone owners shared their disdain with a new feature in Apple's iOS 26 dubbed "Liquid Glass, which adds transparency to menus and toolbars. Per The Associated Press, the translucent design allows icons and open panes to refract and reflect whatever's behind it.

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