There are ways to make Android look more like iOS 26, but your phone might end up looking like a cheap knock-off instead.

There are stark differences between how iOS apps are made vs how Android apps are made. Namely, iOS apps are built on Swift, while Android mostly uses Kotlin. Now, though, Swift is coming to Android.

Apple’s next phone operating system arriving this fall, iOS 26, includes a transparent aesthetic mimicking the look of glass and making apps and buttons blend in with content on the screen.