The new setting is available in ios 26.1 beta 4, ipados 26.1 beta 4, and macos 26.1 beta 4 — all of which are available to developers today. Spotted by 9to5mac, apple's latest ios 26.1 beta which rolled out to testers on monday, adds a new toggle that lets users switch to a more opaque version of apple's liquid glass design. Responding to mixed reactions, apple has now introduced a transparency control in its latest beta version of ios 26.1
The new toggle, spotted in settings > display and brightness, lets users choose between two modes
“clear” and “tinted.” clear vs
A choice for the minimalist and the practical according to macrumors, the “clear” option maintains the existing liquid glass. Apple has added an option to reduce the liquid glass transparency effect with the latest ios 26.1 developer beta 4 update.
