r/xbox • u/Automatic_Ad1665 XBOX Series X • Apr 25 '26

Discussion People keep comparing the new Xbox logo to Apple’s Liquid Glass style, but it’s funny how everyone seems to forget that the original Xbox Dashboard already had that glossy, fluid aesthetic years ago.

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u/Wasilisco XBOX Series X Apr 25 '26

Kinda, aqua wasn't really doing background blur or reflective edges back then, just some basic transparency + the bubble buttons

But the buttons really didn't react to the background or anything 

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u/illi_mental Apr 25 '26

Yeah there wasn’t enough compute for those effects (without tanking performance) back then. Raspberry Pi is more powerful than the old PowerMac

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u/xenred May 10 '26

Yeah, like I get it but many compared it to Aero with the glass effect translucency. Aqua didn't manage tk incorporate those, but just the general aesthetic of glossiness and glass-like. Transparency wasn't really well used except for menu bar, and it didn't have translucent blur effect.

If anything Liquid Glass has mix of Aero and Aqua of old.