Tinted icons: A new and different option is to tint all of the app icons so they share the same color. In the Customize ...

Here's is the iOS 18 app customize palate. When you select Tint, you change give all the apps on your home screen the same color wash. Patrick Holland/CNET ...

If you're a developer or beta tester with the iOS 26 beta on your device, you will also see an option for Clear in the home screen Customize menu. Tap Clear and all the app icons on your home screen ...

Apple has introduced iOS 18.6, launching several new customization and security features ahead of the highly anticipated iOS ...

Even without these fancy flourishes, I think the new icons just look better than their iOS 18 equivalents, in almost all cases. Apple has done a really good job with them.

With iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, Apple adds a third visual style – Clear – that removes the color from app icons and widgets, and applies reflective, translucent effects to make them appear see-through.