{"id":296642,"date":"2026-02-13T21:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/296642\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:24:10","slug":"ios-26-recently-added-five-new-ways-to-customize-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/296642\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26 recently added five new ways to customize your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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iOS 26 introduced a bold new Liquid Glass design, and subsequent updates have added new ways to customize not only how your iPhone looks, but also how it works. Here are five recent new customization settings.<\/p>\n

#1: Customize the Liquid Glass design<\/p>\n

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Apple has a broad customer base, so understandably the iPhone\u2019s new Liquid Glass design hasn\u2019t been everyone\u2019s favorite.<\/p>\n

Rather than tweaking Liquid Glass for everyone, Apple instead decided to add an optional Settings toggle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Available under Display & Brightness \u21fe Liquid Glass, the setting offers two Liquid Glass options:<\/p>\n

\u2018Clear\u2019 retains the same style of Liquid Glass that\u2019s available by default. If you don\u2019t like the clear look, however, or perhaps find readability a challenge, the \u2018Tinted\u2019 option will increase opacity and add more contrast systemwide.<\/p>\n

#2: Camera swipe on Lock Screen<\/p>\n

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Not too long ago, the iPhone offered far fewer methods for launching the Camera app.<\/p>\n

The main method for a lot of users was (and for many still is) swiping left on the Lock Screen.<\/p>\n

However, in 2017 the iPhone X introduced a dedicated on-screen Camera button; in 2023, the Action button became a Camera launcher for many; and in 2024, Camera Control debuted.<\/p>\n

Despite this abundance of new options for launching Camera, the previous swipe gesture was still always available\u2014and couldn\u2019t be disabled.<\/p>\n

But as of iOS 26.1, Apple finally changed that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you like the Lock Screen Camera swipe, it\u2019s still an option to this day. But if you never use it except by accident, there\u2019s now a toggle to turn it off.<\/p>\n

Inside Settings \u21fe Camera you\u2019ll find a new \u2018Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera\u2019 option. It\u2019s on by default, but you can now choose to disable it.<\/p>\n

#3: One-tap actions instead of sliders<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to get more \u2018classic iPhone\u2019 than with a \u2018Slide to unlock\u2019-type gesture. And iOS 26.1 recently reintroduced the feature, but redeployed for alarms and timers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In iOS 26, the Lock Screen design for alarms and timers underwent a big change\u2014the buttons to stop or snooze got huge.<\/p>\n

For some users, this redesign made it too easy to accidentally dismiss an alarm or timer. So as of iOS 26.1, the standard \u2018Stop\u2019 button has been replaced by a \u2018Slide to stop\u2019 gesture.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t like the change, however, you can go to Settings \u21fe Accessibility \u21fe Touch to find a way to reverse it.<\/p>\n

The new setting is called \u2018Prefer Single-Touch Actions.\u2019 Simply put, it makes sure that interface elements requiring a sliding action (like the new alarm and timer screens) use single-tap buttons instead.<\/p>\n

#4: New screen flash for notifications<\/p>\n

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Notifications have long offered a special accessibility feature that triggers an extra visual cue. You can set your iPhone\u2019s camera flash to go off when an alert comes in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This feature is great for the hard of hearing, but it\u2019s also just a nice option for making notifications pop.<\/p>\n

And in iOS 26.2, there\u2019s yet another\u00a0new alternative<\/a>\u00a0along the same lines.<\/p>\n

Inside Settings \u21fe Accessibility \u21fe Audio & Visual \u21fe Flash for Alerts you\u2019ll see a new \u2018Screen\u2019 option.<\/p>\n

With \u2018Screen\u2019 toggled on, notifications will cause your iPhone\u2019s display to fully light up for a brief moment before returning to normal brightness. You can even pair it with the camera flash option to maximize the effect.<\/p>\n

#5: Expanded slider for Lock Screen clock<\/p>\n

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The Lock Screen is one of the best ways you can personalize your iPhone\u2019s look and feel. And in iOS 26, Apple gave the Lock Screen\u2019s clock a special \u2018Glass\u2019 style.<\/p>\n

Recently though, the slider for adjusting the clock\u2019s opacity\u00a0was expanded<\/a>\u00a0to let you go more transparent or more opaque than before.<\/p>\n

Make sure your clock is set to the \u2018Glass\u2019 setting, not \u2018Solid,\u2019 then play around with it to find the right look for your Lock Screen.<\/p>\n

This updated slider is available no matter which font option you\u2019ve chosen. Unfortunately you can still only expand the clock\u2019s size with the default font, though.<\/p>\n

Which recent new settings in iOS 26 have you been using? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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