iOS 26 Lock Screen Clock and Thumbnail Interaction Concept

by Max Burnside

I really like the dynamically sized iOS 26 Lock Screen clock typeface updates. But when supported media thumbnails appear on the Lock Screen, the dynamic typeface is replaced with tiny, boring text. I mocked up a solution. The clock text shrinks/expands to accommodate the thumbnail as it's shown/hidden, respectively. All of the hard work that went into creating the dynamic numbers should be highlighted, not hidden. Here's a comparison of the current UI vs my revised concept.