All articles tagged with #lock screen customization
Originally Published 8 days ago — by Geeky Gadgets
iOS 26.2 introduces extensive customization features for lock and home screens, including the liquid glass effect, advanced widget integration, high-quality wallpapers, and accessibility enhancements, allowing users to create highly personalized and visually appealing interfaces.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by engadget.com
iOS 26 introduces a new feature called 'adaptive time' that allows users to stretch or resize the clock on their lock screen by dragging a handle, enabling more personalized and modern lock screen appearances, though it requires specific font and wallpaper settings to work properly.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by 9to5Mac
Apple has released the first public beta of iOS 26.2, introducing new features such as updated Sleep Score categories, AI enhancements for Apple Podcasts, design refinements for Apple News, support for AirPods Live Translation in the EU, a Liquid Glass Lock Screen slider, and new reminders with alarms and timers. The official release is expected in December, with options for developer or public beta testing.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by 9to5Mac
iOS 26.2 beta 1 introduces an enhanced Liquid Glass slider for Lock Screen clock customization, allowing users to adjust transparency more precisely, although resizing remains limited to the default font. The update offers greater personalization options for iPhone users.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by Engadget
iOS 26 introduces Spatial Scenes, a feature that creates dynamic, holographic lock screens by adding depth and motion that respond to device movement, enhancing personalization with seamless integration of widgets and customization options.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by Engadget
OnePlus has announced OxygenOS 16, featuring enhanced customization options, AI integration with Google Gemini, new AI tools for writing and photo editing, and smoother animations, set to debut with the upcoming OnePlus 15 and available on recent devices starting November 2025.
Originally Published 3 months ago — by MacRumors
Apple has released iOS 26, introducing extensive Lock Screen customization features such as Liquid Glass clock, widget repositioning, clock resizing, 3D Spatial Scenes from photos, and animated album art, along with other updates like new iPhone models and hardware improvements.
Originally Published 4 months ago — by WIRED
The article provides tips for optimizing your Google Pixel phone, including setting the highest display resolution, customizing the lock screen, changing power button behavior, switching to AV1 video codec, enabling Video Boost for enhanced video quality, and disabling features like Pro Res Zoom and Camera Coach on Pixel 10 models.
Originally Published 4 months ago — by CNET
The upcoming iOS 26 update introduces new lock screen customization features including adjustable clock size, movable widget dock, 3D spatial effects for wallpapers, and color changes for controls, enhancing user personalization on iPhones.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Ars Technica
Android 14, this year's release of the popular operating system, offers minimal new features, including a lightly customizable lock screen and a new logo. The lock screen allows users to select from different clock styles, adjust colors, and assign functions to two shortcuts. However, the options are limited, and it feels like a precursor to more robust features. The new logo features a 3D rendering of the Android mascot and a combined wordmark of "Google Android." Overall, Android 14 feels underwhelming, with most of the focus on generative AI wallpapers rather than significant updates.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by MacRumors
iPadOS 17 introduces new features specifically designed for the iPad, including Lock Screen customization, interactive widgets, an optimized Health app, enhanced PDF and Notes capabilities, and updates to Stage Manager for improved multitasking. These additions enhance the user experience and take advantage of the iPad's larger display.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNET
With the upcoming release of iOS 17, Apple should consider incorporating some of the new features from Android 14, such as more lock screen customization options, AI-generated wallpapers, and cinematic wallpapers. Android 14 will allow users to change the size and design of their lock screen's clock, add shortcuts to their lock screen, and use AI to generate custom wallpapers. Apple could also allow more widget spaces on the lock screen and provide more emoji wallpaper customization options. Additionally, Apple could bring back the cinematic wallpaper feature and allow widgets to work on the lock screen when the depth effect is turned on.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNET
Google announced new customization options for the lock screen on Android 14, including personalized clock options and lock screen shortcuts. The Find My feature on Android 14 will now leverage other nearby Android devices to help locate missing items, as well as third-party trackers like Tile. Android 14 also brings improvements to privacy and security, accessibility, and is set to release later this year.