Learn how to create the viral iPhone lock screen with iOS 26’s depth effect, underwater clock, and advanced customization features.

Don't let your iPhone or Android have all the fun: setting up lock screen widgets on PC is a piece of cake with Microsoft's ...

The iPhone’s lock screen isn’t just the place you check the time or your notifications anymore — it’s a fully customizable space where you can express your personality, highlight your favorite photos ...

Switch out the buttons on the Lock Screen. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac In iOS 18, users can finally change out their iPhone Lock Screen buttons from the standard Flashlight and Camera to ...

Apple keeps adding ways to tweak the effects of Liquid Glass in iOS 26. Here's the latest tool, which adjusts the transparency of the clock on your iPhone's lock screen.

Apple adds a new slider to reduce transparency on the lock screen clock. The update also lets you set the screen to flash for notifications.

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Apple has continued its trend of giving users more creative freedom over how their iPhones look and feel, and one of the most striking new customization options in iOS 26 is the ability to stretch the ...

The lock screen's big clock is great, but there are a few more changes iOS 26 brought to your device. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his ...

Google announced today that the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 release will bring lock screen widget support to phones. Android 16 QPR1 isn’t expected to roll out until September, but we managed to activate ...

We have a very early hands-on of lock screen widget support in the first Android 15 beta. Android used to let you add widgets to the lock screen until Android 5.0 Lollipop was released nearly a decade ...