Apple's 2026 operating systems will be unified and see a major visual upgrade called the Liquid Glass design language.

Apple has introduced Liquid Glass in its upcoming iOS 26 update. Liquid Glass provides a "see-through" visual of a glassy surface throughout iOS 26's interface. The liquid part comes into play with how the see-through visuals adapt to the screen depending on what the user is doing.

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.