Beta: iOS/tvOS 26 Build

Same here. I had to roll back to an earlier version to get mode switching to work again .

The square around the trash can looks like it's not supposed to be there:

Loving the Liquid Glass implentation. So much that can be done with the UI.

The new UI makes the iPad app work a tad batter in the Vision Pro. Not that anyone cares.

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:wave:t3: I care!

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This doesn’t even appear to be iOS 26. Is it?

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It's tvOS 26. But I just realized that it's the latest 26.5 beta, not the current 26.4 public release, which probably explains the difference here, so please disregard the report. Sorry about that.

Do you have transparency set to almost off?

Curious that the buttons have no glass effect at all.

Here’s what they looks like:

Oh, you’re on a first gen 4K aren’t you. Liquid Glass isn’t enabled on that hardware.

This is so fun to test.

Pre-liquid glass OS’s, different settings of Liquid Glass, and hardware that just has it disabled. :man_facepalming:

Yep, came here to post just that. I compared the beta on my other AppleTV's since I have some 2nd gens installed too. And yes, the liquid glass buttons look fine on the 2nd gen AppleTVs, on the latest betas. It's only that trash button that looks awkward on the 1st gen, which doesn't have any Liquid Glass effects at all.

The only tvOS Accessibility > Display setting I've toggled on any of these devices is the "Focus Style - High Contrast" one, because we prefer how that highlights what we're selecting on the tvOS home screen, but I tested that out too and see that particular settting has no effect on how the Channels trash icon is displayed.

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Anything for a fix on the Match Content issue? This makes it quite hard to watch movies or a lot of my local library. Playback is juddery when not in 24fps mode. Also having to manually switch to HDR etc.

On the 2nd gen AppleTV with Liquid Glass sffects, the first and sometime second cast members' circle icons are getting these odd half-shaded effects when swiping over them:

The 3rd and later ones are fine.

We have to look into it. It’s a beta. You know the rules.

Thanks, I noticed that too. It was the addition of glass as the halo highlighting the Director and writers. I haven’t been able to look at that yet.

Here are a few screenshots from the beta on an m4 iPad Pro and a few from the Vision Pro for kicks.

Not sure what text issue that is in the screen with text on mine rescue. First saw in AVP then checked on my iPad Pro and it appeared the same.

Left nav bar, I realize you do not support the Vision Pro. It would be helpful to add mouseover states to the buttons since AVP uses eye tracking and you can't tell what you're trying to open. You may say well, it's an iPad app. I at times you an Apple Smart Keyboard with mine - I actually had it attached while testing and I'm using a trackpad and a keyboard so you may be able to justify this base on the iPad and it will improve the AVP experience.

Loving the Liquid Glass!





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This is resolved in the latest TestFlight beta:

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I know Im being nit picky about this, but I was noticing the red trash button really sticks out on the Apple TV. It really draws your attention too much.

Surprisingly, I noticed that on iPad, the trash button is much more “liquid glassy” and subtle.

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Any way to make the Apple TV trash button more liquid glassy, like on the iPad?

Thanks for all you do!!

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Yeah, that's just how tvOS renders it. Honestly, so far my experience with liquid glass on tvOS is trash. I was REALLY not well attended to, but we know how much attention tvOS actually gets on these things.

I'm not sure I even really prefer the red, and considering it's buggy (mentioned earlier in the thread), I think I'm going to just remove the color.

Both resolved in the latest TestFlight beta.

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I preferred the red tint to the delete button. Harder to not accidently select it. lol
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Agreed