What is liquid glass people are talking about?
Asked on 06/12/2025
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Liquid Glass is a new digital metamaterial introduced by Apple, designed to enhance the look and feel of software across Apple's ecosystem. It represents a significant evolution in Apple's design language, building on past interfaces like Aqua from Mac OS X and the dynamic elements of iOS7 and iPhone X. Liquid Glass is characterized by its ability to dynamically bend and shape light, creating an organic and fluid interaction experience. It acts as a flexible, dynamic layer that seamlessly blends hardware and software, providing a unified design language across all platforms.
Liquid Glass is designed to be adaptive, automatically adjusting to different contexts and environments to maintain clarity and focus within the user interface. It introduces a more fluid and dynamic interaction experience, making apps feel more immersive and organic. The material is translucent, behaves like real glass, and its color adapts to light and dark environments. It also features dynamic behaviors that respond to user interactions, making the interface feel responsive and alive.
For more details, you can refer to the session Meet Liquid Glass (00:00:00).
Meet Liquid Glass
Liquid Glass unifies Apple platform design language while providing a more dynamic and expressive user experience. Get to know the design principles of Liquid Glass, explore its core optical and physical properties, and learn where to use it and why.
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Build an AppKit app with the new design
Update your AppKit app to take full advantage of the new design system. We’ll dive into key changes to tab views, split views, bars, presentations, search, and controls, and show you how to use Liquid Glass in your custom UI. To get the most out of this video, we recommend first watching “Get to know the new design system” for general design guidance.