"Apple's Liquid Glass UI for iOS 26 is getting a lot of attention. Beyond the visual hype, it is also raising questions about accessibility and usability. Developers, however, are already trying to recreate the effect for the web and mobile interfaces. On iOS, Liquid Glass is backed by a rendering engine designed to generate high-fidelity, physics-like glass patterns efficiently. Web browsers do not expose this kind of native abstraction, but we do have SVG filters, which are powerful enough to approximate the same effect."
"In this tutorial, we will: Break down the core visual concepts behind Liquid Glass Build a reusable Liquid Glass button in React using SVG filters, Tailwind CSS, and minimal JavaScript Walk through how to author the supporting assets in Figma Discuss performance tradeoffs, browser support, and accessibility concerns 🚀 Sign up for The Replay newsletter The Replay is a weekly newsletter for dev and engineering leaders."
Liquid Glass is a UI pattern in iOS 26 that extends glassmorphism with more physically plausible optical effects such as refraction, localized distortion, and specular highlights. The effect relies on a rendering engine that generates high-fidelity, physics-like glass patterns efficiently. Web platforms lack an equivalent native abstraction, but SVG filters can approximate refraction and distortion. The tutorial demonstrates building a reusable Liquid Glass button in React using SVG filters, Tailwind CSS, and minimal JavaScript, and describes authoring displacement and specular maps in Figma. The guide also covers performance trade-offs, browser support limitations, and accessibility concerns.
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