After seeing a bunch of people using them, I finally gave it and tried one of those privacy screen protectors on my iPhone 17 ...

Prior to the latest official updates, the option to tweak Liquid Glass was accessible in the beta for iOS 26.1. Otherwise, the only way to control the effects of Apple's new design aesthetic was to ...

Apple is giving you more control over your iPhone's Liquid Glass redesign, as well as a useful new security setting.

You may not be able to get rid of Liquid Glass, but you can at least adjust it. Here's my recommended setting.