I tried it on iPhone and iPad (developer beta 4)

Honestly, the only feature worth the upgrade for me was ability to force add any website as a PWA. Other decent features were pinning folder to dock and using a custom wallpaper for chats.

The downsides were massive for me-

1. iPad is basically not a multitasking device anymore. It hangs or lags with screen manager and the new mode. And there is no option to move back to the old mode.
2. The performance overall was sluggish which might be fixed in future betas.
3. New UI visuals are flashy and okay but definitely not anything that warrants an update.
4. The preview app is pointless. The files app already did everything that the app did, without the added load.

This would be the first major update that I will be skipping. I will keep my devices on iOS 18 till they die. I have never had to do this before.

I’m honestly so far not seeing anything particularly liquidy or glassy. Everything now has white outlines, like it’s for the visually impaired. That part I think I’m actually cool with, because of course it’s easier to make things out. Unfortunately, they have added required clicks into things that used to need fewer clicks, like screen grabs, and I am not seeing the benefit to that, and it’s definitely aggravating.