OS 26 beta users have taken to X and Reddit to flag concerns regarding the design. Users claim that the translucent effect makes many features hard to view, sometimes making it difficult to distinguish foreground content with the background.

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“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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