• A 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’s transparent effects might not change much, though

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

We might just have got a better idea of that thanks to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, though. According to the leaks by Gurman, Apple wants to bring numerous changes to some of its core iOS apps, including Camera, Weather, and Safari. This will affect not just how the apps look but also how they work.

One of the most drastic overhauls is set to come to the Camera app, which was overhauled recently in June 2025. In iOS 27, Gurman says that Apple will let users customize the app to their needs. You’ll be able to pick a set of controls (or “widgets”) that suit you, and each shooting mode will be able to have its own set of widgets. You’ll get the option to choose from basic or advanced controls, while there will also be a Siri mode that taps into Apple’s Visual Intelligence to identify plants, translate text, and more.

Elsewhere, Safari will get a new start page with columns for bookmarks, favorites, browsing history, and your reading list. Weather is gaining a new “Conditions” panel for data on wind, rain, and other conditions, while the Image Playground app — which is used to generate images using artificial intelligence (AI) — will be redesigned with a simplified interface and upgraded AI models.

Here to stay

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

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

Past reports have outlined how Apple is seeking to tune up Liquid Glass in iOS 27, which could include a new system-wide slider to adjust the effect’s strength, plus other changes to improve text legibility and the overall system experience.

But with iOS 27 rumored to be a much more scaled-back overhaul than what we got with iOS 26, we shouldn’t expect Liquid Glass to change in any kind of drastic manner.

Given the incredibly low chances of Apple ditching this design theme so soon after introducing it, you shouldn’t expect it to go anywhere any time 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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Alex Blake has been fooling around with computers since the early 1990s, and since that time he's learned a thing or two about tech. No more than two things, though. That's all his brain can hold. As well as TechRadar, Alex writes for iMore, Digital Trends and Creative Bloq, among others. He was previously commissioning editor at MacFormat magazine. That means he mostly covers the world of Apple and its latest products, but also Windows, computer peripherals, mobile apps, and much more beyond. When not writing, you can find him hiking the English countryside and gaming on his PC.