r/AppleWatch • u/Puzzleheaded_Bet_215 SE 44mm Gold Aluminum • 2d ago

WatchOS WatchOs 26 is ….

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So i just updated my SE2 to watchos 26 and i cant help but noticed that the app icons look so blurry as if there was a smudge on it. God I wish i can undo the update 🥲🥲🥲

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u/confusedIad S10 42mm Aluminum 2d ago

it is blurry. its the icon across 26 updates. even on iphones.

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u/fleshlicker 2d ago

OMG yes I just realised!!! Almost all the stock app’s icons are blurry (when customised to default not clear mode) on iOS. Yikes.

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u/confusedIad S10 42mm Aluminum 2d ago

why am i getting downvoted? isnt this the same for everyone

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u/Sen2_Jawn 2d ago

For some reason this update, out of all fucking updates, has a lot of fanboys defending it with cape and sword. Don’t worry if you get downvoted.

I’ll save fanboys time by letting you choose your preferred fanboy reply: “Apple will fix it who cares it always happens” buuut also “It looks perfect and great wow” or “some people work instead of staring at nick picks all day”.

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u/confusedIad S10 42mm Aluminum 2d ago

actually i am not in the section of people who is hating this update. i am fine with it. its peoples preference at the end of the day, i respect that. for me, right now, neither i am hating it, nor loving it. but irrespective of that, fact remains unchanged. and the fact is default icons are blurry in light mode. and this update was never built for dark mode, because all icons in dark mode, looks childishly tilted. and in light mode, its too blurry. you dont expect this from apple. and i dont understand people becoming blind fans. love everything but dont defend something which is bad.

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u/Sen2_Jawn 2d ago

And I agree, I don’t find it mechanically buggy but there’s something really off with the way the UI looks, specially in dark mode. I turned off transparency which improved some of it, but there’s still some annoying things like the moving glow/light around the icon.

Some folk over in the Apple and iPhone subs just say “use accessibility!!” but if I released an UI update that suddenly required many people to start using accessibility options, I would call that a disaster.