{"id":315556,"date":"2025-11-26T21:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/315556\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:52:10","slug":"ios-26-1-makes-a-clever-and-subtle-clock-icon-animation-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/315556\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26.1 makes a clever and subtle Clock icon animation change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Starting with iOS 26.1, Apple has updated the Clock app icon to work a lot more like an Apple Watch.<\/p>\n

Since iOS 7, Apple has animated the Clock app icon with the current time when viewed on the home screen. The icon even includes a sweeping seconds hand that moves in a smooth, continuous motion like a mechanical clock.<\/p>\n

In iOS 26.1, Apple changed how the Clock app icon\u2019s seconds hand moves in low power mode. Instead of continuously moving, the seconds hand ticks with each second like a quartz clock. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite subtle, very clever, and somewhat similar to how the Apple Watch works.<\/p>\n

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Apple Watch uses a seconds hand with continuous motion when the watch face is active. The seconds hand goes away when the watch face is dimmed with always on mode.<\/p>\n

But that changed with Apple Watch Series 10\/11<\/a> and Ultra 3<\/a>. Instead of disappearing, the seconds hand still shows up in always on mode<\/a>. Instead of a sweeping motion, it ticks in this lower power state.<\/p>\n

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Personally, I prefer the ticking second hand in all scenarios and wish Apple Watch included the option. There\u2019s something more peaceful to me about ticking each second instead of continuously moving.<\/p>\n

Anyway, you can see the new Clock app icon behavior for yourself with iOS 26.1 and later. Apple released iOS 26.1 earlier this month<\/a> with a number of more noticeable changes.<\/p>\n

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