First Apple added dark mode icons, then it gave us tinted icons. Now, Apple has made its stance on the future of icons clear with the introduction of Liquid Glass.
Liquid Glass allows you to turn your icons transparent
Liquid Glass allows you to turn your icons transparent
If you watched the WWDC 2025 keynote on Monday, you probably heard the phrase “Liquid Glass” being thrown around quite a bit. Liquid Glass is Apple’s newest design language; it doesn’t just apply to one operating system — it was designed to unify them all.
That’s right. It’s shared across macOS, watchOS, visionOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and, of course, iOS. While it’s not identical on each platform, it does certainly make them more similar than it does different.