iOS 26 Will Let You Match Your Home Screen Icons to Your iPhone Case

[MacRumors]

The release candidate version of iOS 26 includes a new feature that lets you set an icon tint color that matches your iPhone case or your iPhone.

When you long press on the Home Screen and then choose the customize option, there's a new iPhone case icon at the bottom of the "Tinted" menu. Tapping it will automatically change the color of Home Screen icons to the color of the case that you're using.

Of course, this requires a MagSafe case that the iPhone recognizes, so it is essentially a feature designed to work with Apple cases. If you don't see a colorful MagSafe ring that matches your case color when you put your case on your iPhone, it's probably not going to work with icon tinting. You can also opt to change your icon colors to the color of your iPhone by tapping on the iPhone icon.

Tinted icons in iOS 26 have a new Liquid Glass look with added translucency. Tints are applied to all icons and widgets on the Home Screen.

You can still manually change the color of the tint, or choose a color from your wallpaper. iOS 26 is set to come out on Monday, September 15.

Article Link: iOS 26 Will Let You Match Your Home Screen Icons to Your iPhone Case

 

[Think|Different]

Ok, that's just plain cool. Nice touch.

 

[Duckit]

This is awesome!

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

that is pretty cool

 

[klasma]

If you take off the case, do the icons disappear?

 

[MDTyKe]

I mean I just want text to be legible again, but sure, I'll take this instead?

 

[Justin Cymbal]

Probably the coolest accessory software integration that Apple has done since the leather sleeve for the iPhone 12:

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I bought a bunch of those⬆️ brand new when Amazon (and Woot) were getting rid of them two years ago

I bought like 10 for around $9 each (normally $129) but they’re made very well and I still use them for modern phones like my 16 Pro

 

[MTShipp]

I did this and had to reboot because all of my icons lost their image. Only the outline and name appeared. I rebooted and it’s back to normal.

 

[BigBlur]

If you take off the case, do the icons disappear?

Icons change to a gray tint.

 

[TheMountainLife]

"iOS 26 will let you" 🤣

The bar is so low on what should be standard

 

[ZoeLou]

What does the button to the right of the phone case mean? And to the left for that matter?
Is left just manual choice?

 

[BigBlur]

What does the button to the right of the phone case mean? And to the left for that matter?
Is left just manual choice?

The one on the left uses the color of your iPhone. The one on the right uses a color based on your wallpaper.

 

[ZoeLou]

The one on the left uses the color of your iPhone. The one on the right uses a color based on your wallpaper.

Ahhhh thank you!

 

[SteveJobs2.0]

?

 

[tylerthomas28]

Can't innovate anymore my ass

 

[Astuces iOS]

This is buggy

 

[indefinite]

Nice! I just preordered my iPhone 17 Pro Max tech woven case after hearing this. (seriously)

 

[Compote]

"In case you didn't know, your phone is orange."

Wow Apple AI is amazing.

 

[Compote]

If you take off the case, do the icons disappear?

If you take your eyes off, it still works and gets a legitimate purpose while still being more useless than before /Paradox.

 

[Reason077]

I have a friend who organises all her Home Screen icons by colour. That is, she'll have the red icons on one page, the blue icons on another page, the green ones on another, etc.

This feature could be a game changer for her! Then again, by making it too easy, it also takes all the fun and novelty out of it...

 

[bmark]

Apple should let everyone customize their icons at this point! It's still way behind the game in that regard compared to Android.

 

[svish]

Love all the customizations possible on iOS 26. Will try them out soon once I update.

 

[Taq'aix]

Works great for Clear Cases… 😏

 

[AndiG]

OMG this is too much lipstick on the pig while the pig itself still lacks basic AI capabilities.