Apple released the public betas for this year’s major operating systems today. Six Colors has coverage of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26. I have not used these yet, and I don’t intend to for the time being. Despite all the whizz-bang of Liquid Glass, I am unexcited about these betas. It is easy to judge something one hasn’t used, but I have had to design around it already for clients (I hope I’ll have more to share about that soon), and its increasingly transparent UI does not inspire confidence in its usability.
I am looking forward to the new windowing experience in iPadOS, but I wish it came without the rest of the new design.