The arrival of Liquid Glass design in iOS 26 many parts of this mobile operating system have benefited in my opinion. Thanks to liquid glass, many elements look more modern, more attractive and, I dare say, more interactive overall, which makes you feel like fiddling with various switches from time to time and watching the graphics bend under a virtual magnifying glass. However, not everything is bathed in sunshine. For example, as a user, I Apple Smart home control home products, its redesign was not entirely pleasing in terms of its clarity.
At first glance, it may seem that the Household is in iOS 26 almost the same as in iOS 18 and older versions of the OS, of course, except for the Liquid Glass skin and a few other elements that Apple along with it added for a nicer look. But the reality is that by redesigning the three dots symbolizing the entrance to the Home settings Apple For some reason, it hid the visible notification for devices that had some problem (typically stopped communicating).
That this happened was in iOS 18 and older devices can be easily seen thanks to the “notification” dot that used to light up right next to the icon for launching the settings. However, this no longer happens and you have to click directly into the settings to find potential problems, which is not a problem on the one hand, but on the other hand, it puts you in a situation where you simply don’t notice a non-compliant device for a long time and it only annoys you when you try to launch it but it doesn’t work. At that point, you will probably go into the Home settings to check what is actually wrong.
Solution from iOS 26 is definitely nicer and cleaner at first glance, but compared to previous versions, it is definitely worse in terms of user awareness, which is quite a shame for me. Because as a smart home user, it is definitely more important for you to know about any problem as soon as possible so that you can fix it right away before it gets worse.chat an application that you won’t use much anyway once you manage to fine-tune your automation or start controlling your home more via Siri. So hopefully in the future Apple It will improve a little in this regard. Personally, for me, design should definitely not take precedence over functionality.
