Apple released the second beta tonight iOS 26.2 and, as it turned out shortly afterwards, continues to gradually expand its new visual style, Liquid Glass. It premiered at this year's WWDC and now it's making its way into apps you wouldn't expect it to be—like the built-in Level tool in the Measure app. And let's face it, the result is absolutely brilliant!
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The new look adds optical distortion and color reflections to the interface that resemble drops of liquid glass spilling across the screen. In practice, this means that as the level pointer crosses the horizon, the user sees subtle chromatic aberrations and background deformation that change depending on the angle of the device's tilt.
Apple But it went even further. If you're measuring the horizontality of a ceiling or floor, for example, instead of the old flat circles, you'll now see a pair of fluid rings that organically deform and react to every movement. The numbers and the grid in the background slightly "wave" at the same time, creating the impression that the entire element is truly alive. Apple So, once again, it plays with details that most manufacturers completely overlook, and even a simple function like a spirit level can be turned into something worth opening just for the effect itself.
Hm, so another completely unnecessary nonsense... We won't discuss the fact that it is not possible to "calibrate" a spirit level if it is 2 degrees off when placed on a flat surface. Another completely pointless and unnecessary nonsense that will not improve real-world use in any way....
Now, I don't mean this in a bad way, but you're seriously using the spirit level on your iPhone for something that needs it. maximal accuracy?
If the function is there, it should work properly...
I use it and I don't feel like it's not working properly. But I only use it for simpler things like aligning an image, etc., not to drill shelves using this spirit level.
If only they had fixed what they had broken in WatchOS.
I'm amazed at what can be used to create a celebratory article... :)
For iP13 mini It was not a problem to use a spirit level because it has a flat back. With the iP16Pro, only the top and bottom are without protrusions. So I don't know how to use a spirit level. How do you do it?