Apple iPhone 14 Pro (left) and iPhone 15 Pro Max Andy Boxall / Digital Trends How to change the clock font on the iOS 17 lock screen. Apple has kept the entire process easy and simple.

A classic icon has been updated with iOS 26, which was unveiled this week at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

In iOS 16, iPhone users can finally — finally — change the lock screen's clock font and color. It may seem minor, but for iPhone users who've never had any customization, it feels long overdue.

Select the Lock Screen option.; Tap within the frame containing the digital clock readout. Use the menu of options for changing the font style and the color of the clock readout.

The iOS 26 Lock Screen uses Spatial Photos for wallpapers and lets you stretch the clock using Liquid Glass. It's a big ...

You can now customise the font on your iPhone Lock Screen Credit: Apple. That makes a big change from the Lock Screens of old, which were – fittingly – locked to Apple's chosen design.

Last year, Apple brought a (sort of) Android-style always-on display to the iPhone Pro models for the first time, but it mostly just showed the time of day. Apple also announced iPadOS 17.

You can now customise the font on your iPhone Lock Screen Credit: Apple. That makes a big change from the Lock Screens of old, which were – fittingly – locked to Apple's chosen design.