iStage 26 Public Beta 1

iStage 26 introduces a new Liquid Glass design, fluid motion, and extensive improvements to the Lock Screen experiences you use every day. The new design brings greater depth and responsiveness across the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Notification Center, music player, editors, and controls. Personalization is expanded with redesigned clock font and color controls, widget and shortcut editors, a revamped wallpaper gallery. Dynamic Island presents lock and charging states, while Live Activities bring F1 Grand Prix information directly to the Lock Screen. Notification Center let you move between Count, Stack, and List views, and the compact and full-screen music players adapt their colors and blur to album artwork. Transfer preparation makes preset details available with a double tap, while extended options for custom carrier labels, signal bars, and network icons give you even more control over the interface. Because iStage 26 uses advanced visual effects, performance may vary by device and a high-end device may be required for the best experience.

Known Issues

• Clock blur effect area bug
  The blur effect for the clock sometimes extends outside its intended bounds. This is caused by KLCK’s internal blur handling. I’m reviewing alternative blur methods and expect to resolve this in a future update.

• F1 Live Activity overlap
  When the F1 Live Activity is active and either the Music Player or the Notification Center (list view) is expanded, the Live Activity may overlap these elements. This will be addressed in the upcoming Notification Center rebuild.