For years, the Lock Screen on the iPhone and iPad was a minimalist affair. You could check the date, time, and your latest notifications but not much else. With more recent updates to iOS and iPadOS, ...

You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a TV series with his wife and their dog. With iOS 26, you ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here’s some feedback I’d like to put on Apple’s radar. Lock Screen customization is awesome, especially with new iPhone control options in iOS 18, but sometimes I just want to change my wallpaper.

iOS 26 is here with huge changes in terms of design and several useful features, from setting up a custom ringtone to lock screen customization options. If you have upgraded to the latest iOS 26, here ...

Android 15 adds support for placing widgets on the lock screen, but only on tablets. Despite that, the lock screen widgets feature actually works quite well on smartphones. We recorded a video that ...

The fourth beta of iOS 26.1 includes an option to turn off the Lock Screen swipe that activates the camera, a feature that iPhone users have been wanting for years. In the Camera section of the ...