Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is going ...

Samsung is getting ready to launch One UI 8, and one of the most exciting new features is a fresh lock screen experience.

Terror has a new shade. What once was blue darkened with time until all that remains is a backend void, empty as the OLED ...

iOS 26 brings those translucent elements and glassy typefaces to the lock screen that you'll find throughout the operating ...

On top of each of the lock screen thumbnails, you'll see a Focus button. Tap this and you can choose a Focus mode that's automatically enabled when you switch to that particular lock screen. You ...

Apple recently previewed iOS 26 at WWDC 2025 and showcased several of its notable capabilities. Now, with this update, Apple could introduce a new layout for the lock screen, which would allow ...

One feature which the company did not actively advertise but is making its way to the iPhone is support for animated artwork on the lock screen. At present, only albums playing through Apple Music can ...

Apple Inc. AAPL is reportedly extending one of iOS 26's new features—animated album art on the lock screen—to third-party music and audio apps, breaking its exclusive tie to Apple Music. What ...

Of course, users will have to wait until the public release of iOS 26 for third-party apps in the App Store to be able to use this new API and show full-bleed animated art on the lock screen.

Animated album art was already visible in the Apple Music app for many popular songs, and now it has come to the Lock Screen for the first time. Not all songs have animated artwork, but the ...

Apple is working on bringing Animated Album Art on Lock Screen for Apple Music with iOS 26, alongside other new features for its apps. By Abhishek Malhotra 5 June 2025 ...