After living with clear icons and widgets for a while, I now find the default setting overly intrusive. I have come to much prefer the clear setting in liquid glass.
I’m curious, agree, or disagree?
I too prefer the clear setting. I find it more attractive and, although I experienced some minor niggles, they’re no worse than in any other OS I’ve worked with.
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I tried the clear/tinted control in the latest update, and prefer the reduced transparency feature in accessibility.
I don’t like the UI, but the bugs in iPadOS 26 has made my iPad much less useful. I wish I had not installed it.
I’ve been using my iPads extensively. The only bugs I’ve noticed is with Safari. I hope iPadOS 26.2 resolves these.
I have an M2 iPad Air. My first problem, after upgrading, was the device freezing which required me to shut it down & restart. This happened 3 or 4 times a week. Occasionally the iPad could not be powered back on. Through trial and error I discovered that connecting the iPad to my Mac would restart the device. This happened a few times but 26.1 seems to have fixed that.
But when I use a bluetooth keyboard, (Apple or Logitech) after a short time the cursor will lose its position in relation to the text. If, for example, I’m typing the third paragraph of a note the cursor might suddenly insert itself into a sentence in paragraph 1. If it happens in Safari, occasionally refreshing the page will allow me to continue, for a short time.
I’ve used both keyboards on my current, and two former iPads without one problem until now. And both continue to work normally when connected to my MacBook Air. Unpairing and reconnecting the keyboards hasn’t helped. I’m SOL when I need to use a keyboard and trackpad. 
I should have included in my earlier comment that I have this exact problem, though I’ve experienced it in primary in Safari—hence my statement about problems with Safari. Safari will also sometimes just stop responding. The bug seems to be a problem beyond Bluetooth because I’m using the Magic Keyboards on my M4 11” and 13” iPads, and I have the same problem you described. Hopefully, this will be fixed with 26.2. 
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I like transparent widgets quite a bit, too. I use a few on my second desktop, and when they had opaque backgrounds this felt cluttered. In Tahoe, with a light-colored outdoor wallpaper, that area feels like having a window in a room.
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If it’s not fixed before I have Thanksgiving dinner with family, someone may be going home with a 14 month old iPad Air.
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I don’t think it is the hardware. I’m running M4s and have the same problem.
I don’t either. Apple makes some of the best hardware I’ve ever used. But I really loved using iPads and now I don’t.
However, I do know someone who would probably love it for watching YouTube, etc.
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Everyone’s use case is different, but I like the iPad better with iPadOS 26. I just need them to fix the bugs.
I, too, prefer the clear liquid glass. I flipped the switch to tinted when the OS dropped, but went back really quickly. I enjoy the new look!
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I have started to update the various devices. Overall, the Liquid Glass redesign looks and functions best on the iPhone. The iPad benefits much more from the window management features than from Liquid Glass. On macOS, it is a poor fit, with many frustrating or bewildering moments (“why the heck would they do that?”).
There are plenty of moments when legibility is compromised. And the change to icons is depressing.
But I also don’t think Liquid Glass looks that great. Sure, that’s up to personal taste. “Tutti i gusti sono gusti.” I don’t care for the “layering” effect where it floats over content. I definitely don’t like seeing content through a clear interface element, like a search bar text field, where I can barely read what I’m typing because of the content that is visible “deep” to it. And the specular highlights are unnecessary and distracting. I think James Thomson put it well when he said he liked the liquid more than he liked the glass. I agree. What Apple did with the Dynamic Island was fun, whimsical, useful, and maintained legibility. It doesn’t need to be see-through. The moment where transparency was “cool” passed 20 years ago.
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I prefer the clear icons & widgets at night before I go to bed. But during the day I don’t like it. Everything looks the same.
Wondering if people are preferring the clear or tinted option for macOS 26.1 ? Which one is working better for you?