Before you enable Downtime, go to Settings > Screen Time > Limit Usage > Always Allowed. From here, choose essential apps that you want to use even during downtime (Phone is always allowed, and you can opt to exclude Messages, FaceTime, and Apple Maps, which are also allowed by default).

A pretty small change iOS 26 brings to your lock screen is it changes the color of the controls near the bottom of your screen. This change is enabled automatically in iOS 26 so you just have to add a colorful control, or create your own, to bring a pop of color to your lock screen.

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“The muscle that has to contract in order to focus on things up close is attached to the sclera ― the white part of the eye ― and [researchers] think that that chronic kind of flexing of that muscle can motivate the sclera to elongate and make the eye bigger,” Bert explained.