How to Bring Apple’s Liquid Glass UI to Your App or Website (Without Rebuilding Everything)

Apple’s new Liquid Glass design language is here and it’s changing what users expect from modern digital products. Translucent panels, layered depth, dynamic light, and fluid motion are the new baseline.

But here’s the good news:
You don’t need to start from scratch to upgrade.
With the right strategy, small teams and growing startups can implement Liquid Glass into their current product without a full rebuild.

At Honter Studio, we’ve already mapped out the process. Let’s walk through it.

If you’re new to the concept of Liquid Glass, here’s what it is and why it matters →

Step 1: Audit Your Current UI for Compatibility

Before designing anything new, we analyze your existing interface to identify:

• What components can be adapted (cards, nav bars, modals)

• Where depth or translucency can be introduced without breaking UX

• What should remain intentionally simple to avoid visual overload

Pro tip: Liquid Glass is not just an aesthetic, it's about focus and flow. We’ll flag anything that disrupts that.

Step 2: Define the “Glass Zones”

We work with you to decide where Liquid Glass makes sense:

• Header bars

• Tab bars

• Widget containers

• Side panels or floating cards

• Background layers behind modals or menus

These become your “glass zones”, places that support the new visual language without sacrificing clarity.

Step 3: Design Custom Components (That Feel Native)

We don’t just slap Apple’s look on your app.
Instead, we redesign:

• UI kits with your brand colors and your product tone

• Components that feel modern but unique not generic Apple clones

• Light/dark mode transitions and animations that feel alive

This preserves your brand identity while embracing the new era.

Step 4: Dev Handoff & Integration Support

We build all assets and documentation to make your dev team’s life easier:

• Figma specs + component variants

• Blur, transparency, and animation values

• Environment-specific considerations (iOS, macOS, visionOS, web)

And if you don’t have a dev team? We’ll help connect you with one or coordinate directly.

Step 5: Test for Feel, Not Just Function

Liquid Glass is about emotional experience, not just visual structure.
That’s why we test for:

• Speed of interaction (blur shouldn’t lag)

• Focus clarity (is the foreground always clear?)

• Delight moments (do animations guide the user intuitively?)

We validate that the update actually feels better not just looks different.

Want to see how startups are using Liquid Glass to stand out? Check our startup-focused guide here →

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