[98codes]

Settings -> Accessibility -> Display & Text Size -> enable Reduce Transparency

That made a world of difference for me.

[curiousguy]

I tried that, but this completely removes the transparency, and some apps look even worse and harder to visualise as it’s not designed to not have the transparency on iOS 26.

This could be significant improvement if Apple let us choose the transparency percentage.

[kimos]

It makes some things better. But it also replaces transparency in some apps with just a solid block of colour. Photos you lose like 10-20% of the screen. The UI used to fit and work well and they just broke it. Maddening.

[donmcronald]

I did this on all my Apple devices about 60 seconds after the update. I don't know how people can use things like iMessage with the defaults.