{"id":9347,"date":"2026-01-02T13:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=11397"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:09:03","slug":"if-your-iphones-lock-screen-clock-is-too-transparent-you-can-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/if-your-iphones-lock-screen-clock-is-too-transparent-you-can-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"If Your iPhone\u2019s Lock Screen Clock Is Too Transparent, You Can Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One place where the Liquid Glass transparency in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 can be annoying is the time display on the Lock Screen. Liquid Glass tries\u2014but often fails\u2014to adjust the clock\u2019s transparency so it\u2019s readable over whatever photo you chose or the Photo Shuffle option displayed. Starting in iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2, you can manually adjust the clock\u2019s transparency: touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap Customize, tap the clock, tap Glass, and drag the Transparency slider (left and middle). If it\u2019s still not readable enough, you can switch to the previously available Solid view (right).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/if-your-iphones-lock-screen-clock-is-too-transparent-you-can-fix-it-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11390\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Featured image by iStock.com\/Wavebreakmedia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling to read the clock on your iPhone Lock Screen? iOS 26.2 lets you manually adjust the transparency\u2014or switch to a solid background for better readability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,69,106,8,112,185],"tags":[3395,117],"class_list":["post-9347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-apple","category-apple-consulting-ct","category-apple-support-ct","category-iphone","category-mac-support-ct","category-mactech","tag-ios-26","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9363,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9347\/revisions\/9363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}