{"id":715311,"date":"2026-07-28T12:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715311\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:09:12","slug":"your-iphone-is-getting-a-simple-and-yet-fun-new-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715311\/","title":{"rendered":"Your iPhone Is Getting a Simple and Yet Fun New Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When iOS 27 drops this coming September, the software update will bring some significant changes and new features to your current iPhone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some standouts include a way more capable Siri, some advanced AI photo editing tools, a 3-band equalizer for your AirPods, and the ability to individually set volume levels for alarms and notifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, iOS 27 will introduce some new ways to customize your iPhone\u2019s Lock Screen. One of those is that you\u2019ll finally be able to shrink the clock\u2019s size. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The clock takes up a lot of real estate on your iPhone\u2019s Lock Screen. To date, you\u2019ve been able to tweak the font and color of the clock, as well as make it solid or semi-transparent (thanks to Liquid Glass). But you haven\u2019t been able to make the size of the clock smaller.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s now changing.<\/p>\n<p>Shrink the clock<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"696d54\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #696d54;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iphone-ios-27-shrink-lock-screen-clock-4.webp\" alt=\"Smartphone with a colorful lock screen showing time, date, weather, and font &amp; color customization options held in a hand.\" class=\"wp-image-1017609 not-transparent\"  \/>There\u2019s a new icon when editing the clock on your Lock Screen. It\u2019s the two horizontal bars located in the top-right. Photo by Tucker Bowe for Gear Patrol<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With iOS 27, Apple is adding a new option that lets you drastically shrink the size of the clock on your iPhone\u2019s Lock Screen so that it\u2019s the same size as the date (which has appeared directly above it). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When iOS 27 drops this coming September, the software update will bring some significant changes and new features&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-715311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}