Apple Just Fired the Designer Who Made iOS 26 Unreadable. Here’s What Truly Happened.

Now he’s going to Meta, Stephen Lemay is taking over, and Apple employees are publicly celebrating. Here’s the full story.

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Apple’s head of interface design just got fired, and employees are celebrating. Do you know his face?

More importantly, do you know his work? His legacy is Liquid Glass, the controversial design language that’s been causing problems since iOS 26 launched. And now he’s leaving Apple for Meta.

There are two fascinating aspects to this story. First, Apple employees actually spoke up publicly, saying they were happy about this departure, explaining this person’s background and why his design approach was flawed. Second, and this is the truly incredible twist, this lead designer from Apple is going to Meta, the company that recently showed off Meta Glasses interfaces that look suspiciously similar to Liquid Glass.