Are you looking to personalize your iPhone's Home Screen beyond the standard layout? Changing app icons is a creative way to customize your device's appearance and make it uniquely yours. Whether ...

Ever since the iOS 14 update was released in late September 2020, all compatible iPhone and iPad users have had the ability to customize the icons on their device's home screen. The option to do so ...

Whether you've had your iPhone for a while or you just got a new one, you've probably spent a lot of time customizing your phone's home screen to your liking. But did you know that in addition to ...

Apple's new iOS 26 update offers one of the most radical visual redesigns in iPhone, iPad, and Mac history. The new "Liquid Glass" design language features transparent components, reimagined app icons ...

Have you ever looked at your iPhone’s home screen and thought, “This doesn’t feel like me”? With so much of our daily lives revolving around our devices, it’s only natural to want them to reflect our ...

In iOS 13, Apple brought Dark Mode to the iPhone. At the time, OLED displays were already part of the iPhone lineup, bringing a perfect black background to some apps. Now, with iOS 18, Apple revamped ...

Good news! With iOS 18 you can finally get rid of the app icon labels and expand your icons to fill in that extra space. If you want that “big icons, no labels” look, here’s how you do it.

Want to switch back to full-color icons? Just repeat steps 1-3, but select Default instead of Clear. iOS 26 also lets you choose between always using Dark icons, automatically switching from Default ...

Many of these changes were introduced with iOS 18 in 2024, but iOS 26 introduces a new app color scheme. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his ...

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If you've just downloaded the iOS 26 public beta on your iPhone, the first thing you'll notice is the new Liquid Glass design overhaul, which adopts translucent elements throughout the system ...