iOS 27 will bring updates to key apps on your iPhone, the claims report, but don’t expect big changes in Liquid Glass

New report says Apple wants to ‘streamline’ Liquid Glass in iOS 27
This could mean design changes for apps like Camera, Weather, and Safari.
Liquid Glass’ transparent effects might not change much, though

With iOS 27 set to be introduced to the world in less than a month at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), there’s a lot of speculation about what we might see coming to Apple’s apps, including what new features might appear and what will happen to the Liquid Glass design language.

We might have gotten a better sense of that thanks to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. According to Gurman’s leaks, Apple wants to make numerous changes to some of its major iOS apps, including Camera, Weather, and Safari. This will not only affect how apps look, but also how they work.

One of the most drastic redesigns is expected to be the Camera app, which was most recently overhauled in June 2025. In iOS 27, Gurman says Apple will allow users to customize the app according to their needs. You’ll be able to choose a set of controls (or “widgets”) that suit you, and each shooting mode can have its own set of widgets. You’ll have the option to choose between basic or advanced controls, while there will also be a Siri mode which leverages Apple’s visual intelligence to identify plants, translate text and much more.

Here to stay

A person holding an iPhone running iOS 26.

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Apple’s Liquid Glass interface has received a mixed response so far, but at least its implementation in iOS 26 is far more usable than the mess on macOS.

But while Gurman’s report mentioned Apple’s plans to “streamline the Liquid Glass design language,” he barely highlighted changes to the system’s glassy effects in his article. Instead, most of the changes to iOS 27 apps, as presented in the report, appear to be more about the positioning of on-screen elements and the addition of new features.

Previous reports have detailed how Apple is looking to optimize Liquid Glass in iOS 27, which could include a new system-wide slider to adjust the strength of the effect, as well as other changes aimed at improving text readability and the overall system experience.

But with iOS 27 rumored to be a much smaller redesign than what we got with iOS 26, we shouldn’t expect Liquid Glass to change drastically.

Given the incredibly low chances of Apple abandoning this design theme so soon after its introduction, you shouldn’t expect it to go anywhere anytime soon. Love it or hate it, Liquid Glass is here to stay – but it could be about to enter a new chapter.

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