Apple is adding a new toggle switch to make liquid glass less glass

Apple’s latest iOS 26.1 beta has a new option that lets you tint the Liquid Glass elements in iOS 26 so they’re more opaque. Since announcing Liquid Glass at WWDC this year, Apple has… He has scold Exactly how liquid glass is glassy – early on, there was Some clarity issues -But this new setting gives you the option to make things more transparent or more frozen.

The option is now available in the iOS 26.1 beta for developers that Apple launched on Monday. You can access it from Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass, where you can choose between Clear and Color. The latest beta versions of iPadOS 26.1 and macOS 26.1 also let you color liquid glass, MacRumors Reports.

Here are some image sliders showing what things look like with clear or colored liquid glass. For each one, the screenshot on the left shows the app with the Liquid Glass “Clear” option while the screenshot on the right uses the “Tinted” option. The differences are subtle, but I much prefer the colored versions.

Toggling Liquid Glass isn’t the only useful new option Apple has added with the latest iOS 26.1 beta. The update also lets you turn off the ability to swipe to the camera from the lock screen, which could prevent people with your phone from taking photos even if they can’t get past your lock screen. You can access the toggle from Settings > Camera > Swipe the lock screen to open the camera.