Apple unveiled the new iOS 26 operating system at the WWDC 2025 event in Cupertino on Monday. The largest single change that the iPhone maker has been made this year is the implementation of a new 'liquid glass' look about the user interface that the company says that the system experience makes 'more expressive and delicious'.
Although Apple may be embracing the benefits of the new user interface, users on social media seem to be strong against the changes of the company this year.
Netizens respond to Apple's new changes:
Users on different social media platforms pointed that the transparent theme that Apple has adopted in the new user interface in the new user interface will lead to readability problem, especially when one of the onion elements for a white background is placed.
One user on Reddit who pronounced his frustration with the new user interface wrote: “Please for the love of God, make the” frosting “level adjustable. It; cool look, but if your bg is busy at all, this will be a nightmare of accessibility.”
“I am probably getting old, with bad eyesight, so this seems that it will be a nightmare for accessibility for me. I hope they put the effect (make the more milky glass / opaque) or give options to weaken it.” Another user added
Another user stated: “The reports on promotional images of the locking screen seem to me as a hell, I can hardly distinguish the text content with the excessive transparent look.”
In the meantime, a Reddit user who had already installed iOS 26 developer Beta on their phone stated that things might have been worse than some people had thought. They stated: “There is a lack of contrast everywhere in the beta. Notifications are even so difficult to read”
Another user wrote: “Apple has always focused on making the best experience for users, but after today's WWDC I really felt that there is nothing great TBH, it's just the entire user interface again designing with Glastransparant, I have expected at least a few functions on Apple Intelligence.”
A user explained that a similar fall -out also took place when Apple made its last major user interface with iOS 7 Arond ten years ago. They wrote: “The similar thing happened when iOS 7 was launched with terribly thin fonts. IOS 8 and 9 choose the thinness back to help with accessibility. I would expect that they would do the same in the future, but also expected them to learn their lessons.”
