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iOS 26 vs iOS 18: Is Apple's 'Liquid Glass' a true redesign?
Form the Apple Insider article, "The software takes advantage of the improved hardware available in Apple's latest A18 and A18 Pro chips, which have the necessary processing power to achieve these glass-like effects."twolf2919 said:
For me both were faster right after the install, not a day later. I've seen the 'day later improvement' on other iOS upgrades, and this wasn't it. I have a recent phone (16 Pro Max), but my MBP is 4 years old. But both are faster than they were.leeroy said:
Yeah it does seem much faster... at first straight after the install it was very slow and clunky and almost unusable so was worried... then rebooted again and it got better, (not amazing but usable), then a day later it's now really smooth and responsive/snappy and feels better than iOS18. And this is on iPhone 12 Pro Max.twolf2919 said:I've been using iOS and macOS 26 for a bit over a day now and my first impression was: "Is it me or is this much faster than iOS 18?" I know it's weird, since this new version is supposed to be more hardware intensive, but everything just seems faster than they were before the install - both iOS and macOS.
So, how much of a reduction is there in the battery life per charge due to these two "improvements" (faster software response and glass-like effects)? Also can the glass-like effects be disabled in Settings?
