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Honor's MagicOS 11 Beta Launches for Magic 8 Series, Openly Mimicking Apple's iOS Liquid Glass Design

Nick Papanikolopoulos

9d ago· 3 min readenNews

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Summary

Honor has started rolling out MagicOS 11 to Pioneer Edition Beta devices in China (starting June 24), with the update available for the Magic 8 series. The company openly acknowledges that the new OS design — which it calls "Liquid Glass Design" — is inspired by Apple's iOS 26/27 aesthetic, featuring waterdrop-shaped buttons and translucent panels applied across every UI layer.

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bskyHonor's MagicOS 11 Beta Launches for Magic 8 Series, Openly Mimicking Apple's iOS Liquid Glass Designgizchina.com

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the first Liquid Glass Design on Android

openly acknowledging Apple's iOS 26/27 aesthetic as the source of inspiration rather than pretending it arrived at waterdrop-shaped buttons and light-bending translucent panels independently

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Honor's MagicOS 11 applies Apple's Liquid Glass design across every UI layer — and openly calls it that. Beta started June 24 for Magic 8 series in China.

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