Liquid Glass Gets a Facelift: Apple's Latest Update

Why It Matters

The changes affect the core user experience across macOS and Apple’s ecosystem, improving usability, visual consistency, and brand cohesion—factors that influence user satisfaction and app developer design priorities. Greater customization and clearer UI elements can reduce friction for power users and broaden appeal to mainstream customers.

Summary

Apple refreshed macOS visual design with refinements to its ‘liquid glass’ effects, adding a user-adjustable slider to control clarity and tint. The update standardizes toolbars and tightens window corner radii for consistent typography and structure, extends sidebars to window edges with restored colorful icons, and layers liquid-glass refractions into app icon artwork for sharper, more defined visuals. These tweaks aim to improve legibility, reduce distractions, and create a more cohesive cross‑platform look. Apple says the changes enhance depth and separation while letting users personalize appearance from ultra-clear to fully tinted.

Original Description

Liquid Glass was shown at WWDC 2025. This year's WWDC, Liquid Glass is updated with new developments and redesign.

0:00 Introduction to Liquid Glass

0:23 Adjusting Liquid Glass Settings

0:33 Reincorporating macOS Design Elements

0:54 Expanding Sidebars in Mac Apps

1:16 Title Corner Radius & Consistency

1:25 Redesigning App Icons with Liquid Glass

1:56 Summary of the New UI Updates

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