You probably already know what it is.
Android users might not be able to laugh about Apple’s divisive Liquid Glass redesign for much longer. According to internal builds seen by 9to5Google, Android 17 may be factoring a lot more blur into the equation.
Specifically, it looks like Google is switching the backdrop on some menus from solid light or dark backgrounds to—you guessed it—see-through ones, allowing you to see part of the content behind the menu. If you’re reading that and thinking, “Golly, that sounds a lot like iOS 26’s Liquid Glass redesign,” that’s because it does. Also, props for using “golly,” that was very brave of you—internal monologue or not.
This design shift may affect quite a few elements in Android 17, including aspects of the UI like the volume bar, in particular the “pill-shaped container that houses the slider,” according to 9to5Google, as well as the mode switcher.
