GoKawiilYesterday Mark Gurman at Bloomberg published an extensive report covering design changes for iOS 27 overall, with lots of specifics on the new Siri and upgraded Camera app. One of my favorite details could be good news for the Liquid Glass change I’ve been wanting most.
Apple is redesigning iOS 27’s Liquid Glass tab bars, potentially solving my biggest complaint
iOS 27’s unveiling is just a few weeks away, and leaks about new features and changes just keep coming.
The latest is from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who reported yesterday about a variety of design updates in iOS 27. Gurman writes:
The next major iPhone software update, iOS 27, also will include noticeable design changes across several areas, including the Siri digital assistant, system search and apps such as Safari, Image Playground and Weather. Apple is also planning systemwide changes, such as new animations and redesigned tab bars.
It’s the systemwide changes that especially caught my eye. Previously, Gurman has said iOS 27 will bring “refinements” to Liquid Glass. But this latest report has some concrete details on new systemwide designs.
For example, he mentions a new animation when the on-screen keyboard is loaded. It will “show the keys sliding up from the bottom of the iPhone’s interface.”
Regarding tab bars in apps he writes, “Apple is tweaking the tab bar across the bottom of several apps to combine the search tab with the rest of an app’s tabs.”
This idea of redesigned tab bars is what has me the most excited. That’s because tab bars in iOS 26 are my biggest complaint about the Liquid Glass design.
iOS 26’s tab bars feel like a regression, and iOS 27 could fix them
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