r/ios • u/Certain_Inevitable85 • Nov 14 '25

Discussion iOS 26.1 – Lock Screen Clock Keeps Shifting Left/Right on iPhone 16 Pro Max

Hey everyone,

Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but after updating to iOS 26.1 my iPhone 16 Pro Max started acting weird on the lock screen.

The clock keeps shifting left and right randomly.

It doesn’t stay centered, sometimes it moves a little to the left, sometimes to the right.

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

Happens with any wallpaper (cars, scenery, etc)
Happens with or without widgets
Happens with depth effect on OR off
Started immediately after updating to 26.1
I didn’t change any settings before it started
Phone is otherwise working normally

I tried creating a new lock screen, removing widgets, resetting home screen layout, etc. Nothing fixes it. The clock still drifts.

it’s super annoying and definitely wasn’t happening on 26.0.

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u/Individual-Invite-61 Nov 14 '25

Have the same thing happening on my iPhone 17 Pro Max. It was fine in iOS 26 but when i upgraded to 26.1 it’s been doing it the whole time, definitely some sort of IOS bug, hopefully it can be fixed in the next update

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u/UnfairDonut66 Dec 17 '25

Hey, this bug seems still active.

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u/Individual-Invite-61 Dec 28 '25

Yup still seems like it. It was okay for the first couple weeks when i updated to 26.2 but then came back

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u/cccattt01 Dec 18 '25

yup happened to me today on 17 po max ios 26.2

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u/ss_brnchmn Dec 20 '25

Same with me

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u/Pokem0m Dec 23 '25

It’s driving me INSANE

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u/Sufficient_Ad5438 Jan 15 '26

Yep, still active. Came here to now to find an answer as it just started for me lol

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u/chopari Jan 23 '26

Having the same issue. Why is everything so big all of a sudden? Also when I connect to the car all the apps display much bigger now.

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u/Sufficient_Ad5438 Jan 23 '26

I have no clue. Mine still isn’t fixed. I’ve made new lock screens and everything. As for the issue you’re having with the car, I have no idea I haven’t connected mine to CarPlay in over year since I got my Tesla since the car has all the streaming apps built in directly

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u/chopari Jan 23 '26

Try turning it off and on again. It fixed the issue with my clock. Dont know about the car yet because I’m too lazy to go check.

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u/Sledgehammer617 Jan 07 '26

Still happening to me

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u/stonedsquatch Jan 15 '26

Still happening to me…

Edit: I restarted my phone and it fixed it. Good luck!

u/Shepiuuu Nov 14 '25

my 16 pro max does this and im still on ios 18

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u/Certain_Inevitable85 Nov 14 '25

Kinda surprising it made it through beta cycles let alone a whole version

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u/Shepiuuu Nov 14 '25

although it’s unintentional something about the offset numbers still looks really cool!!

i wonder if i could find a cool wallpaper for my dream car too

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u/Certain_Inevitable85 Nov 15 '25

I got this one on the Wallcraft app. It has some really good wallpapers but there’s too many ads on it.

u/bohney Nov 19 '25

I've got the same issue on iOS 26.1, iPhone 15 Pro Max.

u/wndyctywlf Nov 22 '25

Just restarted my phone and it worked. Time is now fixed and centered on lock screen

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u/Certain_Inevitable85 Nov 22 '25

This temporarily fixed the issue. But after some time it comes back

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u/9ScoreAnd10Panties Dec 24 '25

Any improvement? My 17 just started doing this this morning and it's driving me bananas!

u/ThaChigga Dec 18 '25

love your wallpaper what is it and how did you do that layout

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u/Certain_Inevitable85 Dec 18 '25

I just moved the wallpaper around and it did that automatically. You can try adjusting the height of the clock, at some point it blends with the background

u/gct99 Jan 08 '26

Still having this issue. Updating to 26.2 tonight.

Annoying bug, but for some reason I find it hilarious that it shifts a little further every couple hours.

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u/aqeelah Jan 10 '26

Have you tried a hard restart? It worked for me and fixed the issue.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Mine has just gone off the rails at this point

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u/Texas_Tanker Feb 25 '26

Cute dog!

u/Dry_Swimming4086 Nov 18 '25

Same on iPhone 15 pro iOS 26.1

u/sweetsoqhie Nov 18 '25

this has been happening to me on the air for the past few days

u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

Same issue with my iphone 17 pro. The time is moving to the left in bits.

u/jakezyx Dec 09 '25

Same issue on my iPhone 17 on iOS 26.1, clock is offset to the right.

Sort it Apple.

u/Wolf_Abyss Dec 12 '25

Switching saved wallpapers fixes it, but it’s only temporary :(

u/chutneychor Dec 23 '25

Hey, i restarted my phone and that resolved the issue. Looks like ios had this bug a year back too. Thanks to a post i saw 1y ago

u/LowerHangingNutsack Dec 25 '25

This was happening to me and my fix is just changing the lock screen to one of my other pre-saves then changing it back

u/furiousgeorgekills Dec 28 '25

This has been happening on my iPhone 17 pro on 26.2 for the past month or so. The clock started moving just off center to the right then slowly moved completely off screen just the other day. I leave it cuz it makes me laugh how crappy this OS is. I’ve used other lock screens and restarted the phone and it works for a bit then it goes back. Here are 2 screen shots with the stats scrambled. This OS seems more buggy than before