If Your iPhone’s Lock Screen Clock Is Too Transparent, You Can Fix It

Struggling to read the clock on your iPhone Lock Screen? iOS 26.2 lets you manually adjust the transparency — or switch to a solid background for better readability.

Display an Album of Photos on Your iPhone or iPad Lock Screen

If you like how the Lock Screen’s Photo Shuffle wallpaper rotates through photos but would prefer that it worked from an album you specified, you’re in luck! That’s now possible in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17.