With the launch of iOS 26 earlier this week, Google Chrome 141 rolled out with Liquid Glass tweaks on iPhone and iPad.
As a reminder, Chrome for iOS has a pretty different interface and experience from the Android version. Beyond getting the bottom address bar in July 2025), there’s a unique Tab Grid and bottom sheet menu (see below).
The Liquid Glass changes start on the Tab Grid with the Incognito (which is always visible), Tab, and Tab Group switcher, as well as search at the left. Edit and Done also get the same treatment below.
Old vs. new
Context menus have been updated to the new style for a more modern experience that doesn’t blur the background.
The bottom sheet no longer goes edge-to-edge with more rounded corners, while menu items also pick up that additional curvature. That’s also the case in Settings, with a new Done/checkmark icon and updated on/off toggles.
There’s also a new tab loading indicator that adopts the iOS pinwheel style instead of the circle.
Top comment by Austin
I wish Google would commit to their own design overhauls on their own operating systems this quickly.
Meanwhile, iOS 26 introduces a new keyboard with a more rounded sheet and keys. Chrome has long tacked on an extra row with access to voice search, Google Lens, and other useful keys like .com and slash. This is now a floating rectangle above the main keyboard.
It remains to be seen how other Google apps will adopt Liquid Glass, but I’d venture that this fast implementation in Chrome is specific to the browser’s pre-existing/unique UI. For all other Google apps, I’d guess a recompile to the latest SDK that brings the new keyboard might be the extent of changes for some time (though that has yet to happen with any other app update that we checked this week).
iOS Google apps are still a mix of Material Theme (Keep, Calendar, Tasks) and Material 3 (Gmail, Chat, Home, Maps, Meet, Photos, and Search), with the former getting a bit old.
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