iOS 26 Wallpapers with Depth Effect

Yes, on the Lock Screen. iOS 26 keeps Live Photo wallpapers: set one and it animates when you wake the phone or tap the screen. The Home Screen shows the still frame and does not animate continuously, which has been true since Apple redesigned the Lock Screen. ScreenLux saves its motion wallpapers as Live Photos at 1080 × 2400, so they work with the iOS 26 Lock Screen, its adaptive clock and Depth Effect where the image allows.

Three things. A single subject with clean edges, so Depth Effect can lift it in front of the clock. Quiet space in the top third, so the adaptive clock and Liquid Glass widgets stay readable. And contrast at the edges, because notifications stack over the lower half. That is why this page is portraits, animals and close-ups rather than busy scenes. ScreenLux composes every design at 1080 × 2400 so nothing important is cropped away.

Often, but iOS decides per image. Spatial Scene is an iOS 26 feature that builds a 3D depth effect from a photo on supported iPhones, and it works best on images with a distinct foreground subject and a softer background. The picks on this page are chosen with that in mind. The option appears in the Lock Screen editor after you add the wallpaper; if it does not show, the image or the device does not support it, and Depth Effect may still apply.