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5 cool ways your iPhone's lock screen just got more customizable with iOS 26
You can change, move, and animate certain elements on your lock screen. Here's how.
The screen can also display helpful tidbits, including the date and time, notifications, widgets for key features, and your favorite photos. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNETWith iOS 26, you can apply a spatial effect to a lock screen photo, which essentially turns a 2D image into a 3D one. Moving your phone around then makes it appear as if the foreground is shifting against the background, providing depth to the image.
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