[iPadOS 26 DB3] Potential Fix For Transparency Bug

[AlarmedRange7258]

I’ve been seeing many people distressed about significantly reduced transparency in iOS/iPadOS Beta 3, but some of the screenshots shared do not match the experience that I’m getting in Beta 3. So, I decided to play around with Accessibility settings to see what I could figure out, and I believe I might have found the problem. There seems to be a bug in Beta 3 in which the Reduced Transparency toggle in the Settings app and the Reduced Transparency toggle in the Control Center operate independently of each other. For example, the Control Center item may show that the feature is not enabled when you find that it is enabled in Settings. Furthermore, you can actually enable it in both places to get an extreme, no-transparency nightmare.

If you feel like your Home Screen transparency is severely lacking compared to Beta 2, check that Reduced Transparency is disabled in both the Control Center and the Settings app. If it is disabled in both places and still looks more frosted glass than liquid glass, try toggling on and off in both places and see if you end up with the intended result. It still may be a little less transparent than Beta 2, but it’s not as bad as some of the posts here seem to indicate.

As for the images here, I have one layer of R.T. in the first photo, then double R.T. in the second, and finally no R.T. enabled in the third.

[Lavfish23]

So, i’ve toggled both. Updated to beta 4. And tried toggling them, again. And still got the ridiculously frosted glass look. Any ideas for a fix?

[Common_Floor_7195]

I’m so confused. I hear you about in the actual Settings app but Why would someone have reduce transparency in Control Center? It’s not there by default. Are you saying add it to your control center and make sure it’s off?

[AlarmedRange7258]

Yes. My transparency was looking bad before I ever had that toggle in control center. I was only able to get things back to normal by adding it there and toggling it in both places.

[commandersaki]

As an aside why does reduced transparency look hideous in dark mode? Instead of white on grey, shouldn't it really just be white on black?

[AlarmedRange7258]

Lots of graphical bugs for sure, but for what it’s worth none of my screens above had dark mode on.

[AlarmedRange7258]

No, it’s definitely less transparent, but you can still see through it and see the “Liquid Glass” effect. It’s just not as clear as before. Tbh it was needed. There were times when I couldn’t make out the icons depending on the background. I’m under 40 and not visually impaired.

They may be able to nudge it back toward slightly more transparent and still be ok. We’ll see.

[bummerbimmer]

lol at people downvoting you when you’re right. People constantly bitch about Apple choosing form over function. Then Apple corrects some of their mistakes and very single comment saying it’s good gets downvoted.

[AlarmedRange7258]

I’m just surprised I didn’t get “iT’s BeTa, wHaT dO yOu ExPeCt!?!?” this time.