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Designer Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the Lux photography app and former Apple designer, has just shared renders of iOS 26. The set of images is based on rumors that iOS 26 may change the interface, focusing on a sleek style similar to visionOS on Vision Pro glasses. |
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Apple is expected to unveil iOS 26 at its WWDC 2025 developer conference on June 9. According to Bloomberg , Apple will change the way it names its operating system, using year numbers instead of version numbers as before. On the Lux website, de With named the new design “Living Glass,” based on the effect and glossy properties of glass. |
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“Philosophically, if I were Apple, I would describe this as design for the material aesthetic of the device. All of your devices have glass surfaces. This gives the right material look and feel, making the glass in front of you really come alive,” de With said. |
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de With’s ideas go beyond simple graphics. With visionOS, for example, de With creates physical changes where interface elements are able to reflect and change light according to their surroundings. |
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Specifically, de With describes the entire interface as a glass surface that reflects, refracts, and reacts to its environment. Buttons can change brightness, shade, or “stretch” as they move or merge with each other. |
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de With's rendering shows a 3D navigation bar that appears to float on the screen. Meanwhile, the app icons also have a reflective effect around the edges, and the controls pop up when activated by the user. According to the designer, this approach creates a layered glass effect for different interface elements. |
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de With points out that Apple has revealed the new interface through recent changes, such as the icon color adjustment system, gray background when activating Dark Mode on iOS 18. That is a sign that the next version of iOS interface will change more. |
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The designer also revisited previous iOS styles, with a matte interface from iPhone OS to iOS 6, with an emphasis on metallic shadows. By iOS 7, Apple had moved to a flat interface, gradually adding more blur and shadow effects over the years. |
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Dynamic Island and Siri's new interface also give us a first look at iOS's new interface, where elements appear to float on the screen, rather than the usual flat graphical feel. de With suggests that iOS 26 will return to a shadowed interface, but in a glassy style rather than the matte look of iOS 6. |
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Design tools like Figma can’t create dynamic light reflections, which could give Apple a competitive edge in user interface design, de With said. |
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Rumors suggest that iOS and macOS will move to a glass-effect interface inspired by visionOS. Apple also used the phrase “Sleek Peek” as the theme for WWDC 2025, along with a glass rainbow icon. If nothing changes, iOS 26 will be shown at the conference before being released to the public in September. |
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