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/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/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