PC users can't help but notice the similarities between Apple's 'liquid glass' design philosophy and the Aero interface in Microsoft's Windows Vista OS from 2007.

It's hard to look at Apple's new "Liquid Glass" aesthetic and not think about Windows Vista, Microsoft 's much-maligned OS which also touted transparencies and glass-like effects as a bold new vision for computing.

By reverse-engineering DWM calls, it is possible to get macOS 26 Liquid Glass (Aero) look on Windows 11 or 10.