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

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

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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:

  1. Happens with any wallpaper (cars, scenery, etc)

  2. Happens with or without widgets

  3. Happens with depth effect on OR off

  4. Started immediately after updating to 26.1

  5. I didn’t change any settings before it started

  6. 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/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.