It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft's much-maligned OS which also touted transparencies and glass-like effects as a bold new vision ...

That’s the soundbite played when the desktop first appears, and instead of the usual Windows 11 ditty, testers in the Beta ...

Apple introduced a bold “Liquid Glass” design across devices that will arrive with iOS 26, but growing criticism over ...

Microsoft may have gone nostalgic for its own OS, as the latest Insider build replaces the Windows 11 boot sound with Windows ...

Microsoft fixed the Vista startup sound glitch in Windows 11 Beta, but the Dev build continues to play the wrong chime.

From a design perspective, the updated Finder icon made sense. It adopted the same material depth and curvature as other app ...

Apple 's Liquid Glass design is, by far, the most polarizing feature in iOS 26.

Apple unveiled Liquid Glass at WWDC 2025, a unified design language that brings fluid, transparent interface elements across ...

These are not likely the final adjustments, given that iOS 26 doesn't launch publicly until the fall. However, they are ...

It also helps that Liquid Glass isn't really a huge change for Apple, unlike the jump from Windows XP to Vista. Apple has been creeping towards a flashier UI and more widespread use of ...