Whether you've had your iPhone for a while or you just got a new one, you've probably spent a lot of time customizing your phone's home screen to your liking. But did you know that in addition to ...

As well as a refreshed new look for system components like buttons and tabbars, the Liquid Glass redesign of iOS 26 also extends to app icons. For the first time since iOS 7, Apple has redrawn all of ...

The latest iOS 18.2 update adds a new Apple Image Playground app with a strange icon to users’ home screens. Many users have rightfully assumed someone had hacked their iPhones, as it doesn’t match ...

For the first time, iOS 18 comes with the ability to change iPhone app colors natively. Whether you want to use a dark theme all the time or have apps switch automatically, here’s how to use Dark Mode ...

Customizing your iPhone’s app icons offers a creative way to make your device uniquely yours. Whether you prefer a clean, minimalistic design or a bold, colorful theme, Apple provides tools to help ...

It has been 17 years since the iPhone was released and Apple is now—only now!—allowing you to put app icons where you want them. When iOS 18 is released this fall, you’ll be able to put icons and ...

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding Lifehacker as a preferred source for tech news. If you’re anything like me, ...

If you've just downloaded the iOS 26 public beta on your iPhone, the first thing you'll notice is the new Liquid Glass design overhaul, which adopts translucent elements throughout the system ...

Apple's new iOS 26 update offers one of the most radical visual redesigns in iPhone, iPad, and Mac history. The new "Liquid Glass" design language features transparent components, reimagined app icons ...

Apple hasn't always been the most generous host when it comes to OS customization — in fact, it was only in 2022 that it opened the doors for something as basic as lock screen customization on iPhone.

Have you tried making your iPhone's Home Screen app icons dark using the new customization options in iOS 18? If so, you may have run up against the issue that, despite all efforts, some app icons ...

Abby Ferguson has been covering tech for five years in both a writing and editing capacity. Her work began with covering all things photography but quickly expanded to fitness and health tech, ...