- A new report says Apple wants to “streamline” Liquid Glass in iOS 27
- This could mean design changes for apps like Camera, Weather and Safari
- Liquid Glass’ transparent effects may not change much
With iOS 27 set to be unveiled to the world in less than a month at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), there’s a lot of speculation about what we might see happen with Apple’s apps, including any new features that might emerge and what will become of the Liquid Glass design language.
We might just have a better idea about it thanks to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. According to the leak from Gurman, Apple wants to bring several changes to some of its core iOS apps, including Camera, Weather, and Safari. This will not only affect how apps look, but also how they work.
One of the most drastic overhauls is set to come to the Camera app, which was recently reviewed in June 2025. In iOS 27, Gurman says Apple will let users customize the app to their needs. You’ll be able to choose a set of controls (or “widgets”) that suit you, and each shooting mode will be able to have its own set of widgets. You’ll be able to choose between basic or advanced controls, while there’ll also be a Siri mode that taps into Apple’s Visual Intelligence to identify plants, translate text and more.
Elsewhere, Safari gets a new home page with columns for bookmarks, favorites, browsing history and your reading list. Weather will get a new “Conditions” panel for data about wind, rain and other conditions, while the Image Playground app – used to generate images using artificial intelligence (AI) – will be redesigned with a simplified interface and upgraded AI models.
Here to stay
Apple’s Liquid Glass interface has received a mixed response so far, but at least the implementation in iOS 26 is much more usable than the mess on macOS.
But while Gurman’s report mentioned Apple’s plans to “streamline the Liquid Glass design language,” he hardly outlined any changes to the system’s glassy effects in his article. Instead, most of the changes coming to iOS 27’s apps, as presented in the report, seem to be more about the placement of elements on the screen and the addition of new features.
Previous reports have outlined how Apple is looking to fine-tune Liquid Glass in iOS 27, which could include a new system-wide slider to adjust the effect’s strength, plus other changes to improve text readability and the overall system experience.
But with iOS 27 rumored to be a much more scaled-down overhaul than what we got with iOS 26, we shouldn’t expect Liquid Glass to change in any kind of drastic way.
Given the incredibly low chances of Apple dropping this design theme so soon after introducing it, don’t expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. Love it or hate it, Liquid Glass is here to stay – but it may be entering a new chapter.
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