Apple’s iOS 26 operating system for the iPhone is visually striking with its new Liquid Glass design language, but this beauty comes at the cost of increased energy consumption. The advanced set of light reflections, refractions, and app icon parallax effects employed by the company are more computationally demanding than the gaussian blurs found throughout previous-generation releases of iOS, leading to concerns over battery life endurance.
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Last modified: September 29, 2025
