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Find out how to fine-tune the Liquid Glass transparency of the Lock Screen clock on your iPhone or iPad in iOS 26 to make it look super glassy, translucent, or somewhere in between.

People have had polarizing reactions to the new Liquid Glass software design. While some love it, there have been numerous complaints, mainly related to visibility issues.

To ensure everyone is happy, Apple has made several changes to Liquid Glass through incremental iOS 26 updates, tweaking the look of app menus, adjusting their transparency, and so on.

Additionally, iOS 26 lets you choose a clear or tinted Liquid Glass look in Settings > Display & Brightness > Liquid Glass. The tinted style increases opacity and adds more contrast, making text in notifications and elsewhere easier to read.

One more place where iOS gives you the liberty to adjust the Liquid Glass look is on the Lock Screen. You can use the visibility slider to make the clock more glassy (more transparent) or opaque.

Adjust the Liquid Glass effect for the iOS Lock Screen clock

1) Update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 26.2 or iPadOS 26.2 or later.

2) Touch and hold your unlocked Lock Screen and tap Customize.

3) Tap the digital clock to bring up its editing options.

4) Make sure Glass style is selected at the bottom. Then, drag the Liquid Glass slider to the left to make the clock more transparent, or to the right to make it translucent.

5) Tap anywhere outside the Font & Color editor to close it and then tap Done to save the new changes.

I like using the tinted Liquid Glass setting to make my notifications easier to read, but for my Lock Screen clock, I have made it as transparent and glassy as possible. It just hits right with colorful wallpapers. Of course, you’re free to set it to a level that looks right to you. Additionally, in my opinion, the Liquid Glass effect looks the best when you increase the clock size and select the first color option, as shown in the screenshot below.

And finally, note that the Liquid Glass effect in the Lock Screen clock may not work well with all wallpapers. Try switching to a different wallpaper if the effects don’t show. You can download awesome wallpapers from our website for free.

Also, check out:

• How to customize the iPhone clock face in iOS 26
• 7 new ways to customize your iOS 26 Lock Screen

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/01/09/adjust-iphone-lock-screen-clock-liquid-glass/

Find out how to make Google Translate, DeepL, or another supported third-party iOS app the default translation option on your iPhone or iPad by replacing the built-in Apple Translate app.

Apple’s own Translate app is the native way to convert a word, phrase, or sentence to another language on your iPhone or iPad. It’s a great free app with offline translation, voice translation, conversation mode, and more.

However, the list of supported languages isn’t much to talk about. If you check Apple’s official iOS 26 feature availability page, you’ll notice that as of January 2026, it just supports 21 languages. In comparison, Google Translate supports 249 languages (I counted)!

So, if Apple Translate doesn’t cut it out for you, consider making Google Translate or some other app the default.

How changing the default translation app affects your iPhone

In my tests, I found that changing the default translation app affects the conversions you make when using the ‘Translate‘ option after selecting a word or phrase in Safari, Notes, and elsewhere throughout iOS (screenshot below).

Note that even after changing the default app, Siri and Action button translations continue to use Apple’s own translation stack in the background. Furthermore, if you delete the stock Translate app after setting Google Translate as the default, translations via Siri and the Action button will fail.

Set Google Translate as the default iOS translation app

1. Download Google Translate on your iPhone or iPad. Update it if you already have it installed.
2. Open iOS Settings, then tap Apps at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap Default Apps from the top.
4. Tap Translation and select Google Translate.

The steps are the same whether you want to set DeepL or another app as the default. Just note that not all translation apps (e.g., Microsoft Translator) support becoming the default app.

And of course, irrespective of which app is the default, you can always open some other app and carry out your translations there.

Also, check out: How to set a default app for opening files on iPhone or iPad

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/01/08/ios-default-translation-app/