Apple is preparing to debut its next major visual overhaul, and it’s called Liquid Glass. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the redesigned interface will be unveiled at WWDC 2025 and marks the company’s biggest aesthetic shift since iOS 7. Expect sheen, transparency, and a layered look across system menus, toolbars, and app controls. The goal is to create a UI that feels like it’s built from smooth, polished glass: reflective, translucent, and dynamic.
The timing isn’t just about freshening things up. Gurman reports that Liquid Glass is laying the groundwork for Apple’s upcoming 20th-anniversary iPhone, currently being developed under the internal codename “Glasswing.”
Glasswing won’t be just another spec bump. Apple is reportedly aiming for a truly edge-to-edge display with no visible cutout, curved glass around the entire body, and ultra-slim bezels. It’s a design that echoes the futuristic aesthetics of the Vision Pro while pointing to a larger cross-platform design language. Liquid Glass is expected to span not only iOS 26 but also macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS, making Apple’s entire ecosystem feel more cohesive and immersive.
This is the first time since the era of Jony Ive that Apple is making such a sweeping visual update. The transition away from skeuomorphism in iOS 7 was divisive at the time but ultimately defined Apple’s modern UI. Liquid Glass could mark a similar turning point. It is less about mimicking real-world materials and more about blending hardware and software into something seamless.
Gurman notes that the interface takes cues from visionOS, Apple’s spatial operating system, which overlays windows and controls onto a user’s physical environment. In that context, Liquid Glass isn’t just a facelift. It is Apple’s way of aligning the experience between iPhones, Macs, and spatial computing devices like the Vision Pro.
There’s more on the horizon. Beyond the 20th-anniversary iPhone, Apple is also rumored to be developing a foldable iPhone and a set of smart glasses, possibly launching as early as 2026. A smart home device with robotic capabilities, referred to internally as a “smart lamp,” is also said to be in the works. These future products are expected to follow the same aesthetic language, with hardware and software designed to look and feel like one continuous surface.
Liquid Glass will make its official debut during the WWDC 2025 keynote on Monday, June 9. It’s not just a new look.
(via Bloomberg)
