diff --git a/res/xml/launcher_misc_preferences.xml b/res/xml/launcher_misc_preferences.xml
index d9d3b4bddf..7dc5733449 100644
--- a/res/xml/launcher_misc_preferences.xml
+++ b/res/xml/launcher_misc_preferences.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         android:max="175"
         android:min="0"
         settings:units="px"
-        android:defaultValue="0" />
+        android:defaultValue="23" />
 
     <androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen
         android:persistent="false"
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
index 1e369ddc6a..bd1ba5ef41 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Utilities.java
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ public static int getLauncher() {
     }
 
     public static int getRecentsOpacity(Context context) {
-        return getLauncher() == 2 ? 100 : 50;
+        return getLauncher() == 2 ? 100 : 40;
     }
 
     public static int getAllAppsOpacity(Context context) {
@@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ public static int getAllAppsOpacity(Context context) {
 
     public static int getBlurRadius(Context context) {
         SharedPreferences prefs = LauncherPrefs.getPrefs(context.getApplicationContext());
-        return prefs.getInt(KEY_BLUR_DEPTH, 0);
+        return prefs.getInt(KEY_BLUR_DEPTH,
+                (int) context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.max_depth_blur_radius));
     }
 
     public static boolean isShortParallax(Context context) {