Vivo’s new OriginOS 6 interface looks strikingly familiar to iPhone users, featuring Apple’s signature Liquid Glass design language that debuted with iOS 26 last month. The update introduces frosted translucency, rounded icons, and fluid animations that closely mirror Apple’s latest visual overhaul.
Unveiled earlier this week, OriginOS 6 showcases the same layered depth and reflective blur that defines iOS 26’s aesthetic. The system’s Control Center, floating dock, notifications, and lock screen all appear to follow Apple’s new approach to “glass-inspired” UI elements. In Vivo’s promotional video, the resemblance is unmistakable, with an interface that could easily be mistaken for iOS 26 at first glance.
Vivo describes OriginOS 6 as offering “effortless motion” and “seamless flow,” claiming its goal is to make every swipe and scroll feel natural. The company attributes its inspiration to the “fluidity of water,” but the execution seems nearly identical to Apple’s Liquid Glass concept. Translucent panels, soft-cornered buttons, and depth-shifting wallpapers recreate the same sensation of layered transparency that Apple introduced with Spatial Scenes.
The similarities go beyond surface details. Vivo’s Control Center layout, with its glowing toggles and subtle light refractions, mirrors Apple’s own system controls. Even the dynamic wallpapers in OriginOS 6 replicate the motion-based visual transitions seen in iOS 26. It feels like a mirror image of Apple’s approach to blending hardware and software design into a single cohesive experience.
This move shows just how quickly Apple’s design language seeps into the bloodstream of the smartphone industry. What starts as “inspired by nature” in Cupertino soon becomes “inspired by water” in Shenzhen. The effect is the same: clean translucence, floating icons, and the illusion of motion that feels almost alive. Everyone wants the same glass, just tinted differently.
For Vivo, imitation might be the sincerest form of competition. Borrowing Apple’s Liquid Glass look is less about copying and more about catching up to a visual vocabulary that consumers already understand. When design becomes universal, the question isn’t who did it first, but who does it better—or at least who makes it feel new again.
And maybe that’s where the real reflection lies. In a world where smartphones all look like variations of the same idea, originality becomes less about lines and layers and more about what happens beneath the glass. Vivo has mastered the reflection; Apple still owns the depth.
