Comment by layer8

5 months ago

The trouble with Reduce Transparency on iOS 26 is that it also reduces contrast (irrespective of Increase Contrast).

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lynndotpy  5 months ago

Further, "Increase Contrast" turns some CarPlay buttons to have white text on light-cyan backgrounds.

tcoff91  5 months ago

That's absolutely wild.

  • t-writescode  5 months ago

    Sounds like a bug. Probably worth reporting it to get it fixed. Historically, Apple’s accessibility features have been best in class.

    • layer8  5 months ago

      It’s not really a bug, it’s a side effect of the heavier blur resulting in more average colors for the backgrounds of UI controls, reducing contrast with the text and icons in the foreground. Instead of blurring whatever is behind the controls, they’d have to choose actual solid backgrounds for UI controls, but the whole Liquid Glass concept largely abandons that.

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