IOS 26 is the start of the end game.

[Theninjagecko]

AT first glance into IOS 26 I thought 'as did MKBHD' that it didn't look right and readability was a huge issue.

Then it dawned on me, This is the first step to a see through all glass phone. I can see where with current phones with liquid glass option turned on how they could use the camera as the background to give a kind of faux see through panel.

Even with a full see through phone they might always have a bezel to house the hardware, I can see smart glasses being the trailblazers here but to me its all heading in the same direction.

The times indeed are a changing.

Your thoughts?

 

[gigapocket1]

AT first glance into IOS 26 I thought 'as did MKBHD' that it didn't look right and readability was a huge issue.

Then it dawned on me, This is the first step to a see through all glass phone. I can see where with current phones with liquid glass option turned on how they could use the camera as the background to give a kind of faux see through panel.

Even with a full see through phone they might always have a bezel to house the hardware, I can see smart glasses being the trailblazers here but to me its all heading in the same direction.

The times indeed are a changing.

Your thoughts?

I don’t think it’s the for a see thru phone… but it’s definitely the start of something. It’s almost like the new design language isn’t meant for these devices, but the devices to come.
Rather it’s some new display technology or new hardware design language.
Borderless iPhone, iPads, Mac screens.

 

[HouseLannister]

It feels like a skin over the existing OS to make it look shiny and new and I don’t think it will age well. Start of the end, maybe. Not end game. Expect it to be walked back to almost no changes. Aqua did it slowly. Aero much quicker. These design gimmicks don’t add anything and don’t last. The past is prologue.

As far as see-through devices: People want to see their content, not see through their content.

 

[one more]

It feels like a skin over the existing OS to make it look shiny and new and I don’t think it will age well. Start of the end, maybe. Not end game. Expect it to be walked back to almost no changes. Aqua did it slowly. Aero much quicker. These design gimmicks don’t add anything and don’t last. The past is prologue.

As far as see-through devices: People want to see their content, not see through their content.

Let’s give Apple a chance, though, as if they walk it back, then what will be all this “New look. Even more magic.” fanfare about? Unless they really lost any sense of vision without Jobs and Ive. So I would rather stay optimistic until proven otherwise. 😉

 

[adrianlondon]

I'll need to carry a phone-sized piece of black or white (depending on light or dark mode) card with me, to hold behind the phone so I can see the icons 😁

 

[tomtattoo]

I totally misunderstood the titel of this thread.
I thought it would be about the endgame against Android and Apple is losing it.
SCNR.

 

[Paddle1]

I don't want a see-through phone. Liquid Glass is hard enough to read as it is.

 

[winxmac]

iOS 26 (supposed to be iOS 19) is what iOS 18 should have been. It sort of fixed the issues in the iOS 18 Photos app. Apple should have added dark, tinted, and clear icons all in the same version instead of clear icons as a late addition.

iOS 26 to iOS 18 feels like Windows 8.1 to Windows 8.0

Windows 8.0 removed the Start button that has been there since Windows 95. Windows 8.1 brought back the Start button while still keeping the Start screen (a.k.a. Start menu in full screen mode)

iOS 26 to iOS 18 feels like Windows 10 to Windows 8.x

Windows 8.x replaced the Start menu that has been there since Windows 95 with a Start screen (or a Start menu in full screen mode depending on how you look at it). Windows 10 brought back the Start menu while retaining the Start screen functionality.