Wallpapers Cut for the iOS 27 Compact Clock

How to make the 3D parallax depth effect on iPhone

1. 1

   Open the lock screen editor

   Press and hold your lock screen and tap Customize → Lock Screen. You can also go to Settings → Wallpaper and tap Customize under the lock-screen preview.

2. 2

   Tap the clock

   Select the time itself to open the clock options. On iOS 27 there is a layout control alongside the familiar font, weight and colour pickers.

3. 3

   Choose the compact layout

   Pick compact. The time moves up beside the date as a single line and the rest of the screen becomes your wallpaper. One thing to know: the Liquid Glass opacity slider is not offered in compact mode — font, weight and colour still are.

4. 4

   Reposition your wallpaper upward

   Because the clock no longer occupies the upper third, drag the image up. Anything you previously cropped away to protect the digits can come back into frame — the top of a lighthouse, a full head, the crown of a tree.

5. 5

   Keep the big clock where it suits the shot

   Wallpapers built around the old composition — a subject sitting low with deliberate empty space above — still read better under the large clock. Use compact where the subject needs the height, and leave the rest alone.