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Liquid Glass dark mode is giving iOS users vertigo

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-19 05:47:35

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR iOS 26 is out now for iPhone users, and many have been reporting problems with Liquid Glass dark mode icons looking crooked. The system renders these icons with a highlight around the edge, and at the wrong angle, an illusion can make them appear tilted. In motion, the effect should be far less noticeable, but screenshots can still look very off. There’s plenty of ribbing back-and-forth, some of it good-natured, some of it not, between Android and iOS us

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iOS 26 review: A practical, yet playful, update

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-20 14:00:55

iOS 26 became publicly available this week, ushering in a new OS naming system and the software’s most overhauled look since 2013. It may take time to get used to the new "Liquid Glass" look, but it’s easier to appreciate the pared-down controls. Beyond a glassy, bubbly new design, the update’s flashiest new features also include new Apple Intelligence AI integration that varies in usefulness, from fluffy new Genmoji abilities to a nifty live translation feature for Phones, Messages, and FaceTi

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This Liquid Glass Optical Illusion on iOS 26 Is Driving Me Insane

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-09-21 17:32:48

My colleagues didn’t believe me when I told them all my app icons looked slightly crooked after updating my iPhone 16 Pro to iOS 26 and getting Apple’s new Liquid Glass user interface. I told our staff reporter Kyle Barr—an all-round consumer tech guru, mind you—to look at my home screen and tell me that my icons were tilting slightly to the left, like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. “I don’t see it,” he said, trying to convince me there was no slanting. He checked his own newly updated iPhone 14 Pr

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Android will soon be able to theme every app icon, and Google Play won’t let developers opt out

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-23 09:26:42

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making support for its Themed Icons feature mandatory by automatically generating themed icons for apps that don’t already provide one. This change addresses inconsistent home screens, as many developers currently opt out of providing a themed icon for branding or design reasons. To enforce this, Google updated its Play Store policy today, requiring developers to legally grant users the right to modify their app icon’s color. App icons rarel

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New iOS 26 icons: Here’s how all the new app icons look on your iPhone home screen

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-09-23 17:50:50

As well as a refreshed new look for system components like buttons and tabbars, the Liquid Glass redesign of iOS 26 also extends to app icons. For the first time since iOS 7, Apple has redrawn all of the system apps with new artwork. That means a whole new look is coming to your iPhone home screen when you update. In this post, we share a side-by-side of the iOS 26 app icon and its iOS 18 counterpart, so you can decide for yourself how much of a step forward the new visual style represents. Th

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New iOS 26 icons: Here’s all the new app icons coming to your iPhone home screen

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-10-16 17:46:58

As well as a refreshed new look for system components like buttons and tabbars, the Liquid Glass redesign of iOS 26 also extends to app icons. For the first time since iOS 7, Apple has redrawn all of the system apps with new artwork. That means a whole new look is coming to your iPhone home screen this fall. In this post, we share a side-by-side of the iOS 26 app icon and its iOS 18 counterpart, so you can decide for yourself how much of a step forward the new visual style represents. The new

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How to make clear iPhone app icons with iOS 26

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-10-22 17:00:00

iOS 26 includes a system-wide redesign with transparent elements called Liquid Glass. The iPhone update also includes all-new app icons for Apple’s built-in apps. For the most dramatic change to your Home Screen, you can make every iPhone app icon clear for the first time. Here’s how it works. Use Clear icon appearance Touch and hold an empty area on the Home Screen until the icons jiggle. Tap Edit in the top left corner. Tap Customize, the second item on the list that appears. Tap Clear from

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Android will finally fix your messy home screen by forcing apps to use themed icons

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-03 04:05:52

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 offers improved support for themed app icons. For apps that don’t natively offer a monochrome icon, QPR2 lets the system automatically generate one for theming purposes. A new “Create” option also appears for icon theming, which may be related to in-development AI-powered tools. You may have thought today was going to be all about the Pixel 10 and Google’s latest hardware, but that has only been the start of things. No sooner di

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Latest Google Messages bug gives you two or three app icons (Update: Fixed!)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-12 22:09:09

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A bug in the new Google Messages beta, version v20250811, is causing users to see two or even three app icons in their app drawer. The bug affects only beta users. All icons launch the same app, so their functionality is the same. Google has since updated its messaging app to address the issue. Update: August 15, 2025 (6:07 AM ET): It looks like the latest Google Messages beta (v20250813) has addressed this duplicate app icon issue. Some Reddit users

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Latest Google Messages bug gives you two (or three) app icons

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-15 17:37:09

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A bug in the new Google Messages beta, version v20250811, is causing users to see two or even three app icons in their app drawer. The bug affects only beta users. All icons launch the same app, so their functionality is the same. Google Messages is the default messaging app on Android flagships, and most users will stick to the stable version since that is what ships on their phone. If you’re an enthusiast, you may have opted to test the beta version

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macOS Tahoe put your apps in icon jail? Here’s the fix

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-24 22:38:44

Yesterday I highlighted macOS Tahoe’s aggressive behavior of putting nonconforming app icons inside an ugly gray box of shame. The change seems to affect the Mac user experience more than it impacts the app developer. It makes the actual icon 20% smaller and 80% harder to recognize. A great thing about the Mac, though, is the ability to customize app icons. This can be a temporary solution. You just need to track down an app icon that works. Here’s how to swap out app icons on macOS Tahoe and a

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Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-20 20:31:54

Rome wasn't built in a day, and the same is true of desktop operating systems. The modern versions of Windows, macOS, and Linux we know and (sometimes) love today represent decades of iteration and overhauls, but much of that legacy is invisible. New design languages and interfaces show up every few years, and in the process, old applications and designs are covered up or replaced. It doesn't take long to find legacy holdovers in today's Windows 11—for example, that Windows 3.1-era file picker

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This macOS 26 icon strategy punishes Mac users more than developers

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-28 08:56:28

When it comes to iOS 26, Liquid Glass and legibility have been the subject of much discussion around the iPhone software redesign. On the Mac, however, app icon decisions have stirred up a lot of feelings for macOS Tahoe users. One change in particular arguably makes the Mac harder to use. From Finder to Macintosh HD It started with the app permanently fixed to the first position on the Dock: Finder. Apple threw decades of precedent out of the window in macOS 26 beta 1 when it flipped the usua

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iOS 18 vs iOS 26 compared: Here’s all the new app icons coming to your iPhone home screen

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2025-12-12 02:11:25

As well as a refreshed new look for system components like buttons and tabbars, the Liquid Glass redesign of iOS 26 also extends to app icons. For the first time since iOS 7, Apple has redrawn all of the system apps with new artwork. That means a whole new look is coming to your iPhone home screen this fall. In this post, we share a side-by-side of the iOS 26 app icon and its iOS 18 counterpart, so you can decide for yourself how much of a step forward the new visual style represents. The new

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Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-18 15:00:03

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be working on new AI-powered icon customization features for Pixel phones. This feature could solve the inconsistent look of the current “Themed icons” feature, which many apps still do not support. Code discovered in a recent update points to new “AI icon” and “Create” style options. Google Pixel devices offer many unique software features, but they lag behind when it comes to basic customization options, at least out of the box. For insta

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How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-12-22 22:53:16

is a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. Back in 2024, we described how the then-new iOS 18 enabled you to tint your homescreen icons, allowing you to tweak the look of your iPhone’s display. Now, with Apple’s introduction of its Liquid Glass design for iOS 26, you can make your icons completely clear (assuming you’re a fan of the new invisible look). The process

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Six lesser-known features to like in the macOS 26 Tahoe public beta

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-25 03:20:19

The original introduction of Dark Mode also made it possible to make macOS more colorful, moving away from the Aqua and Graphite themes that defined macOS X for most of its run. But Tahoe opens things up enough that you can make some truly discordant-looking color combinations. As in iOS and iPadOS, Tahoe manipulates app icons that haven't been updated so that they can change color with the rest of the operating system. Tahoe recognizes three different kinds of icons that all get treated in sli

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Google rolls back Pixel’s controversial At a Glance change in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-06 11:22:18

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has restored colorful weather icons to Pixel’s At a Glance widget in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3. The earlier all-white icon design faced criticism for reducing readability. The update also includes larger weather text and various other Pixel improvements. Google is walking back a recent design change in the Pixel Launcher’s At a Glance widget. With the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 update, colorful weather icons are returning after the company briefly switche

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Samsung’s eye-catching Theme Park update teaches Apple how to do a glass UI right

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-07 21:24:04

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Theme Park Good Lock module. The update tweaks the UI, adds a new “Effects” menu, and fixes minor bugs. The Effects menu offers five options to customize the look of your icons. If you’re a fan of customization, the Theme Park module in Good Lock can help get your Galaxy phone looking just the way you want it. From changing the colors of keycaps to adjusting the shape of icons, there is no shortage of ways to giv

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Google’s At a Glance weather icons are getting a controversial minimalist makeover

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-30 03:27:33

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 QPR1 beta users are noticing a change to the weather at a glance icon. The icon now appears flat and colorless. This change is happening in QPR1 beta only, not stable Android 16. If you’re an Android 16 QPR1 beta user and noticed that At a Glance looks a little different lately, you’re not alone. Google has rolled out an update to the weather icons that appears to have users divided. At a Glance, which appears at the top of the Pixel Launcher,

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macOS Icon History

news.ycombinator.com Https 2026-01-30 11:25:41

With macOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. The rounded rectangle became slightly more rounded, and Apple eliminated the ability for icon elements to extend beyond the icon rectangle (as seen in the current icons for GarageBand, Photo Booth, Dictionary, etc.). With this release being one of the most dramatic visual overhauls of macOS's design, I wanted to begin a collection chroni

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More assorted notes on Liquid Glass

news.ycombinator.com Riccardo Mori 2026-02-07 06:18:22

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to make sense of Apple’s latest user-interface redesign — Apple calls it Liquid Glass — that will affect all their platforms in the next iteration of their respective OS versions. But it’s hard to make sense of it when, after checking Apple’s own guidance, I’m mostly left with the feeling that at Apple they’re making things up as they go. If you’ve been following me on Mastodon, you’ll be already familiar with a lot of what follows. I just wanted

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Play Store search tab pops with color in latest Material 3 Expressive refresh

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-12 03:31:08

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Play Store is getting a taste of Google’s Material 3 Expressive design language with colorful new icons in the search tab. The new icons make search shortcuts more vibrant and easier to tell apart at a glance. The update was spotted on version 46.5.19 of the Play Store app and seems to be a server-side change. Google is rolling out a colorful and visually appealing update to the Play Store’s search tab. The tab now features colorful new icons ins

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How to Bring Back Oddly Shaped App Icons in macOS 26 Tahoe

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-08 05:11:58

How To Bring Back Oddly Shaped App Icons in macOS 26 Tahoe June 11, 2025 macOS 26 Tahoe replaces the oddly shaped app icons that once brought joy and personality to the Dock with the familiar squircle icons from iOS. Here's what that looks like. The lovely Things icon now sits awkwardly on a glass background 😢 I strongly dislike this change. Part of the Mac’s soul was in its expressive, varied app icons, a case of character over conformity. Fortunately, there's a way to bring back the perso

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iOS 26 adds light mode icon tinting and several new ways to customize the icons on your iPhone home screen

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-03-14 12:36:30

The iPhone home screen gets a brand new look with iOS 26, thanks to a visual overhaul featuring a brand new set of icons for all of Apple’s apps, as well as glass and reflection effects throughout. There are also more ways than ever for you to customize your icons, with new tinting options and styles. Here’s everything new. On earlier versions of iOS, you could choose from Default, Dark, Automatic or Tinted icon customization styles. Tinted mode would render your icon with a highlight gradient

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Here’s a closer look at the Liquid Glass design in iOS 26 on the iPhone

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-15 03:09:20

Apple said yesterday that iOS 26 was its biggest update to the look and feel of the iPhone since iOS 7, with the same visual design language used across all the company’s devices. It’s certainly a pretty dramatic change, depending on how far you want to take the look. For example, in addition to the ‘tint’ options we got in iOS 18, there’s a new ‘Clear’ option to make all our app icons monochrome glass – which you can see above … Like tint, I have to wonder how many people will actually use it

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Latest Tech News

Liquid Glass dark mode is giving iOS users vertigo

iOS 26 review: A practical, yet playful, update

This Liquid Glass Optical Illusion on iOS 26 Is Driving Me Insane

Android will soon be able to theme every app icon, and Google Play won’t let developers opt out

New iOS 26 icons: Here’s how all the new app icons look on your iPhone home screen

New iOS 26 icons: Here’s all the new app icons coming to your iPhone home screen

How to make clear iPhone app icons with iOS 26

Android will finally fix your messy home screen by forcing apps to use themed icons

Latest Google Messages bug gives you two or three app icons (Update: Fixed!)

Latest Google Messages bug gives you two (or three) app icons

macOS Tahoe put your apps in icon jail? Here’s the fix

Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

This macOS 26 icon strategy punishes Mac users more than developers

iOS 18 vs iOS 26 compared: Here’s all the new app icons coming to your iPhone home screen

Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone

How to make your iPhone homescreen icons clear using iOS 26

Six lesser-known features to like in the macOS 26 Tahoe public beta

Google rolls back Pixel’s controversial At a Glance change in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3

Samsung’s eye-catching Theme Park update teaches Apple how to do a glass UI right

Google’s At a Glance weather icons are getting a controversial minimalist makeover

macOS Icon History

More assorted notes on Liquid Glass

Play Store search tab pops with color in latest Material 3 Expressive refresh

How to Bring Back Oddly Shaped App Icons in macOS 26 Tahoe

iOS 26 adds light mode icon tinting and several new ways to customize the icons on your iPhone home screen

Here’s a closer look at the Liquid Glass design in iOS 26 on the iPhone

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