As anticipated, iOS 26.1 is now accessible to all Apple smartphone customers and contains what is certain to be a well-liked beta function. Once put in, this replace permits folks to decide to present the Liquid Glass a frostier, extra opaque look. You can discover the choice to tint the display behind notifications and tab bars inside the Settings menu. It’s in Display & Brightness, then the Liquid Glass part. The function can be current in iPadOS 26.1 and macOS 26.1, each of which had been additionally launched at the moment.
Since Apple unveiled the Liquid Glass design it had deliberate for upcoming variations of iOS, the aesthetic has been divisive. (We at Engadget have been fairly divided on this from the start.) The tint of newer working methods joins a rising listing of accessibility and visibility choices to customise the look of Liquid Glass, from absolutely clear mode to the next distinction and opacity method.
Another spotlight of OS variations 26.1 is for iPad customers. Those of you who needed the return of Slide Over for multitasking can breathe a sigh of reduction: after showing in beta final month, the function is again. Many iPad homeowners appreciated how Slide Over allowed them to regulate display area with out always rearranging home windows. The function has been reinvented for the pill’s present capabilities, primarily permitting you to pin a window to the highest of the display and conceal it everytime you need. This window will also be resized and given any side ratio of your selection.
