{"id":199810,"date":"2026-04-12T11:23:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=199810"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:23:03","slug":"apples-ios-26-4-lets-users-tone-down-liquid-glass-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/apples-ios-26-4-lets-users-tone-down-liquid-glass-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iOS 26.4 lets users tone down Liquid Glass effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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iOS 26.4 introduces a new \u201cReduce Bright Effects\u201d setting that lets you disable various flashing elements common in Liquid Glass.<\/p>\n

\u201cReduce Bright Effects\u201d controls the bright flashing response that appears when interacting with certain UI elements.<\/p>\n

Ryan Christoffel for 9to5Mac<\/a>:
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iOS 26\u2019s Liquid Glass design has seen several refinements over time, but also new settings for dialing it back.<\/p>\n

Most prominently, iOS 26.1 added an option in the Display Brightness settings to switch from the default \u2018Clear\u2019 design to a more iOS 18-like \u2018Tinted\u2019 look.<\/p>\n

That one setting alone goes a long way toward making the new design feel more like the previous iPhone look.<\/p>\n

But in iOS 26.4, there\u2019s another new setting that lets you disable a different aspect of Liquid Glass.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s called \u2018Reduce Bright Effects,\u2019 and it controls the bright flashing response that shows up when interacting with certain UI elements.<\/p>\n

You can see a comparison in the X post below via 9to5Mac\u2019s own Dylan McDonald. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Finally, we have the best of both worlds! You can now disable the Liquid Glass highlights on iOS 26.4 Beta. Definitely turning them off. https:\/\/t.co\/Aj56BE1uck<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ozQ6OyZaaY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dylan (@DylanMcD8) March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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For those who call it \u201cLiquid Ass,\u201d this one\u2019s for you!<\/p>\n

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Source link: https:\/\/macdailynews.com\/2026\/04\/10\/apples-ios-26-4-lets-users-tone-down-liquid-glass-effect\/<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

iOS 26.4 introduces a new \u201cReduce Bright Effects\u201d setting that lets you disable various flashing elements common in Liquid Glass. \u201cReduce Bright Effects\u201d controls the bright flashing response that appears when interacting with certain UI elements. Ryan Christoffel for 9to5Mac: \u200e iOS 26\u2019s Liquid Glass design has seen several refinements over time, but also new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":77917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allnews","category-appleindustrynews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199811,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199810\/revisions\/199811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}