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  "path": "/2026/05/08/watchos-26-5-luminance-face/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T15:39:04.000Z",
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  "textContent": "With watchOS 26.5, Apple is introducing a Pride Luminance face, and it's one of the most versatile and customizable watch faces. There are pre-configured color options, but the face also supports custom colors.\n\n\nYou can select 1 to 12 colors from a palette that has every color of the rainbow, some in-between shades, and black, white, brown, and gray.\n\n\nThe colors you pick are distributed across the watch face in a gradient, available in either radial or linear styles. The first style looks like a starburst, while the second style is a series of rectangular lines.\n\n\nThe dial can be set to Rectangle for edge-to-edge color, or Circle for a smaller dial that supports four complications.\n\nAs with most of Apple's faces, the Luminance face is animated. When the wrist is down, it shrinks into slim lines of color on a black background, but when the wrist is raised, the full color palette is displayed. Colors will also shift slowly.\n\n\nApple's pre-selected colors represent different Pride flag colors, but with the deep customization options, the Pride Luminance face can match clothing, show off support for sports teams, or just display your favorite colors.\n\n\niOS 26.5 also has a matching Pride Luminance Wallpaper option that can be customized in the same way. You can choose up to 12 colors for the Lock Screen and Home Screen. On the Lock Screen, the colors collapse onto a black background when the device is locked.\n\n\nTo get the new watch face, you need iOS 26.5 and watchOS 26.5. Apple has released RCs, and the public versions of the updates are expected as soon as next week.\n\nRelated Roundup: watchOS 26\n\nRelated Forum: Apple Watch\n\n\nThis article, \"A Closer Look at watchOS 26.5's New Luminance Watch Face\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
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