The iOS 26 has been officially announced (roll out in September) and with the new numbering convention, a great change is in design. Many industry experts, along with Apple themselves, labeled the shape of new liquid glass as the biggest design look over the years.
Apple said in an official press release, “Influenced by the depth and dimension of vision, the new design takes advantage of Apple’s powerful progress in hardware, silicon and graphics technologies. The new content is a liquid glass, parbass and behaves like glasses in the real world.”
New liquid glass shape is one of the largest visual over halls in iOS
It’s all right and dandy, but it immediately. Take a couple of questions in my mind. Do we need a Parbbas interface that behaves like real glasses? And what does that mean? That if you swipe or tap very fast or hard, does it break?
The other thing is in the text itself. Liquid glass takes advantage of Apple’s silicon’s hardware processing power. I can’t help myself but wonder, don’t we have better and more useful ways to use hardware so that things look like “glasses in the real world”?
And finally, Apple is throwing sand in our eyes so that our focus can be far from many important things? As the fact is that Siri is nowhere (mentioned only twice during the official event), and that Apple Intelligence still feels that another LLM has now done what has been done for a long time.
But first – let’s talk about liquid glass.
Forms over the function – people like beautiful things
Beauty is in the eyes of the viewer, but also in its first historical mind | Picture by sticks
There are many reasons why we love polished and good -looking things, including a smartphone interface. Some of these things are rooted in our minds, while others have learned to value our evolutionary journey shortly after.
The evolutionary base of aesthetics
Our ability to recognize the balance goes back to ancient prehistoric times, and it is linked to our survival method.
Not only in the faces, but in everything around us – cars, furniture, your home shape, smartphones, clothes – the list continues.
This is a well -known event, and although we are trying to evaluate things to avoid and other features, it is mostly that most of the time goes beyond our conscious effort.
The psychology of neuro science and aesthetics
Dopamine – so easy molecule but so powerful!
How does it work? Basically, without boring scientific details, pleasing things visible, a circuit linked to the Dopamine Rewards system in our brain.
In straight words, you like it when you see beautiful things, and you find them actively.
This produces some very interesting effects on our goal, and one of them is called “aesthetic use effect”.
The effect of aesthetic use
It sounds good but is it actually active?
The impact of aesthetic use refers to the trend of consumer attractive products more usable. People believe that things that look better will do better – even if they are not really more effective or effective.
This interface is the main focus of many decisions of design, including iOS 26 And liquid glass. This effect has been used for decades-if anyone has used Linux than Windows or Macos, they know how powerful the first one can be and, at the same time, most people prefer the better-looking OS. The decision is almost immediately.
Testing has shown that users have an opinion about the web page within 50 millions of exhibitions.
iOS 26 – Liquid glass or smoke and mirror?
Siri is still in kindergarten than other smart assistants
Return to the title in your hand. So, people like beautiful things, and Apple decided to make iOS 26 Beautiful with liquid glass. What is behind this decision?
Perhaps the fact is that smarter Sri Apple has promised us that anywhere in school. On the contrary, other smart assistants and LLMs can now write the script, produce videos and podcasts, make films from steel frames, manage their emails, and can be more effective with multi -modal input and cloud access.
Apple Intelligence It has been an important thing since its official announcement last year, but it is behind the competition.
Apple made a big deal to add direct translation iOS 26But this feature has been on board in Vinai since January 2024.
This is the case with visual intelligence. The ability to find an item’s context has now been part of the Android world for more than a year, called ‘Circle Two Search’.
Is Apple playing catch -up with iOS?
new features of all speculation in iOS 26
I am sure the answer is “yes”. However, something positive from the latest iOS 26 Announcement
Important consistency. Whether or not this liquid glass restoration can be useful or helpful, it will arrive in all Apple devices. The entire ecosystem – iPhones, iPads, Max, and Vision Pro Headset.
This is a bold move and perhaps more than our imagination needs more work.
But the truth of this matter is that the liquid glass covers me a huge covered because of the lack of new and original features. iOS 26 The catch -up is playing the game and it looks like it will be for some time.
What do you think about liquid glasses and iOS 26 Usually? Happy with new features and sight? Do you think it’s all hype and have no real innovation? Hold your opinion in the comments section below.
