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I absolutely loathe iOS 26
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I put it on my Iphone 12 (work) and Iphone 16P and they seem to run about the same surprisingly
I absolutely love iOS 26, the best update in years!!! It’s faster than iOS 18 and my 15 Pro literally feels like it’s brand new.
Why would that matter? If I do something unhelpful "on purpose" it's still unhelpful. Same applies to UI design
I don't think so. Usually when people just hate the change the criticisms are more based on "why did they change this, it didn't need to be changed" and stuff like that. The critique of Liquid Glass I'm seeing is mostly specifically pointed at real usability, functionality, and style issues
It's pointless LMAO. On Mac, the window corners are so rounded. Like, I lost usable area.
What a rude comment. This guy lost thousands of his photos. Anyone would be upset about that.
That's because Apple responded to and fixed most of the usability complaints. People are mad now because they didn't do that for most of the feedback and complaints because their beta was way too short. 3 months is nothing
Don't , it will overheat and open a portal to an evil dimension
I upgraded my SE2 and downgraded a few hours later. 18 is simple and cleaner and 26 felt like it was too much for my SE2.
You do know that Apple operates on the whole visual style. It’s like one of the main selling points of their products. So if someone doesn’t find it pretty, its important criticism for their customer.
Nothing, it's just the only emoticon that consistently communicates "I disagree"
For me on iPhone 16 pro max the animations were choppy and not smooth like iOS 18 , the glass elements make things unreadable, the stock apps seem unusable because the obsessive need for apple to make everything transparent .
I could go on but it makes me wonder how any one at apple thought this was the right thing to do .
And you can’t compare this to the iOS 6 to iOS 7 redesign it’s completely different
iOS 6 did have its issues and iOS 7 while dramatic did resolve issues and eventually it was better , iOS 26 and beyond will never get better this is bad really bad and for the average person who upgraded to the 17s because of phone plans will have a massive shock .
In retrospect, iOS 7 was visually really a downgrade from iOS 6. Sure, the control center and other things were much more useful but visually it was too flat and basic.
While it most definitely sucks I also find it wild anyone would rely on an online service like that and not also do regular backups to a separated physical drive at home. I’d never trust any online service with my data like that.
Odd, because speed and response tvOS 26 is about the same on my 2015 ATV4. It's crazy to think that box is still getting OS updates 10 years out. I've been hoping for it to get cutoff from OS support so I can buy a new ATV 4K.
The problem with Reduce Transparency in iOS 26 is that it also reduces contrast (even with Increase Contrast activated). Instead of black or dark gray text/symbols on white-ish background you get them on a grayish background. So while Reduce Transparency makes for a uniform background instead of color blotches, it can still decrease legibility instead of increasing it.
I’m using iPadOS 26 on my iPad gen 9, and it has same processor and RAM as SE2. It works fine with reduced transparency but is a little jittery at times with full Liquid Grass. YMMV
I think it is a great iOS update - mainly iPad ! It’s a Mac that is touchscreen. It’s all fun to play with and Liquid Glass is great addition. I was over the matte look for years. If you hate it - the articles have told you how to turn liquid glass off… go that direction if you want … it’s an option. So yes I love this iOS - if it continues I am all for it.
The rounding corner thing is infuriating. It’s just wasting screen space for no benefit.
My iPhone is my only device I thought i am was safe to update to iOS 26 considering it was released publicly but won’t be making that mistake again .
Will be buying a hard drive and doing weekly backups of photos from now on .
I’m finding things seem to work more smoothly, snappier and perhaps a bit better with this upgrade. But I don’t care for the look of it or the ghost images behind windows and panels even with the transparency turned as far down as possible. I find it distracting as if it’s not working right. I prefer the way things looked in 18.
Overall I think it looks gimmicky. In the way things look and are arranged none of it looks better or more intuitive, but rather just looks different for the sake of looking different.
I feel they could have upgraded the OS to work more smoothly and snappier—that alone would have been worth celebrating—without changing the look of everything that seems to have pissed off so many people.
Overall I think it looks gimmicky. In the way things look and are arranged none of it looks better or more intuitive, but rather just looks different for the sake of looking different.
I feel they could have upgraded the OS to work more smoothly and snappier—that alone would have been worth celebrating—without changing the look of everything that seems to have pissed off so many people.