Apple's iOS 26 update could delight Apple Music subscribers with fullscreen album artwork animations on the iPhone's Lock Screen.
iOS 26 could animate album artwork on the Lock Screen

Apple's iOS 26 update could delight Apple Music subscribers with fullscreen album artwork animations on the iPhone's Lock Screen.
Both the Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen’s Now Playing widget display an animated waveform whenever you play any form of media on your device. On both the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen’s Now Playing widget, the waveform normally appears opposite of the album artwork of whatever you’re listening to.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to build your Up Next queue on Spotify so you can listen to your desired tracks in an orderly fashion.
Around four years ago, I showcased a jailbreak tweak called N95 by iOS developers ETHN and MTAC that used masking effects to make the Now Playing artwork more interesting to look at in not only Apple Music, but also a variety of different media playing apps.
At the beginning of March, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called Sushi by iOS developer Skitty that brought an attractive new Now Playing widget with music controls to jailbroken iOS 13-16 devices.
The Now Playing interface on iOS 16 received a bevy of cosmetic changes compared to previous versions of iOS, and anyone who might be interested in porting those cosmetic differences on a device running iOS 14 or 15 can now do so with a new jailbreak tweak called 16Player by iOS developers tesla_man and Bibi Fire.
A few years ago, iOS developer Skitty started working on a jailbreak tweak that would bring unique Now Playing banners that resembled modern-day Dynamic Island effects to all jailbroken devices, and just this week, that tweak was released publicly.
At the end of last year, iOS developer uz.ra released a jailbreak tweak called HALO to bring an iOS 16-like Lock Screen Now Playing interface to jailbroken iOS 15 devices. But building off of this concept, uz.ra this week launched a new jailbreak tweak called Resentment.
Anyone looking to elevate their music listening experience on the iPhone would do good to consider using a new jailbreak tweak called Gestune by iOS developer uzra.
Many people would agree that iOS 16 made the Lock Screen’s Now Playing media interface more stylish when compared to iOS 15.
If you look at the Lock Screen’s Now Playing media interface on an iOS 16 device beside an iOS 15 device, then you should notice some aesthetic differences.
If you’re looking for a great way to enhance your jailbroken iPhone’s Now Playing music experience, then we invite you to feast your eyes on the free NowPlayingIconXVI jailbreak tweak by iOS developer ETHN.