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They seem to have ironed most of the problems now. You can disable liquid glass if you hate it, and as a result iOS 26 is nearly as good as the previous version
by josephg 1mo ago
They seem to have ironed most of the problems now. You can disable liquid glass if you hate it, and as a result iOS 26 is nearly as good as the previous version. I’m running it on my iphone12. I hated it when it first came out. But it seems fine now.
- netheril96 1mo agoReally? iOS Guided Access is bugged on the whole 26, and I have been encountering system freeze many times on 26, never before on any other versions.
- ShinyLeftPad 1mo agoI don't know how you're using it. The most broken (so it needs to be restarted sometimes) is Podcasts, but Music, Safari, Settings etc have glaring visual glitches too.
- josephg 1mo agoWell, it might help that on day 1, I turned off the liquid glass effects in accessibility settings. At first there were several small layout / UI bugs that came from turning liquid glass off. But it seems fine now. I don't use the apple podcasts or music apps. (Overcast and Spotify for me). I haven't run into any serious problems.
- ShinyLeftPad 1mo agoI'm not sure if you're an iphone user or did you root your iphone? It's NOT possible to turn LG off in iOS 26. It is possible to reduce transparency and motion (i tried with and without enabling those and it's broken anyway).
- josephg 1mo agoOh my mistake. I just reduced transparency and motion. I’m not surprised that some things are still broken. Liquid Glass seems like a promotion ticket someone cashed at the expense of all iPhone users.
- rightnutwingjob 1mo agoiPhone 15 Plus: I have Reduced Transparency, Reduce Motion, and Prefer Cross-Fade Transitions, all enabled. You have to have Liquid Glass set to Clear for Reduce Transparency. I do use the Apple Podcasts app, but YouTube Music and DI.FM Radio apps for music. I never see any rendering issues / glitches, and the UI is smooth & snappy.
- ShinyLeftPad 1mo agoiphone 17 pro: 0. none of the options you describe really disable LG and the glitches it introduced. 1. you don't need to switch LG to clear to reduce transparency. you can use reduce transparency with any LG theme. you just need to reenable "reduce transparency" after changing the theme. why? ask Tim. 2. in Podcasts you can tap between Home and Library to see the selection jank around the middle New tab. happens every time. and if you tap to change episode sorting oldest to newest, then change it back, it 100% of the time won't ever change back again, unless you exit and enter the show again. and semi daily when switching to it from lock screen the now playing layout will be garbled, either just the bottom card or the entire now playing screen is empty (at which point i usually restart the app). and of course janky layout shifts and adjustments when switching between screens like search, show, episode, transcript, etc (which additionally also all involve sliding motion despite reduce motion + prefer fade on, but i will let that slide) the list goes on
- rightnutwingjob 27d agoIf I told you I can’t reproduce any of those problems on my iPhone 15 Plus running 26.6.1, would you believe me?
- ShinyLeftPad 27d agoi have the latest phone with the latest os and I believe my eyes (and i make screens recordings for every new glitch i encounter). If it happens on some phones the problem is even worse because how on earth they make software THIS inconsistent.