iOS 10 home screen wallpaper dimming

Having this issue too and it just ruined our beautiful wallpapers apple! plz fix it.

I have also another annoying issue, maybe better to open a new ticket for it but describe it here hope you fix it too:

notification banner was useful as every time I pull it down I was able to see date and other apps widgets, but after update to iOS 10 every time I pull it down it's on notification view and I have to slide left to see my favorites. plz do something that the last view remain and not change back to notifications view every time.

Same issue here.
Just contacted Apple support. They made me restore iPhone as new (since I restored it before from backup).
But as you will guess, it's still the same. They reported it as a possible bug with a RFC.
But I also have to go to the Apple Store for this now.. not sure it will help ^^

Hope this will be better in next release...

I agree: it is annoying. Surely it's a mistake. It's as though the clouds have obscured the sun, and drabness has taken over. It must be an oversight; must be.

iOS 10.0.1 on iPhone 6.

I have the same question, but more so because live wallpapers are buggy. Try setting your wallpaper as a live one and then open and close the app switcher. You'll notice the dim only applies to the screenshot the system takes.

I'm also unhappy to lose the date and time on the notification banner with the latest update to the ios. Is it lost or is there a way to get it back? I used to have the option to view notifications or the date and time. Now I only get notifications when I pull down the screen. I can slide the screen side to side now, but I can't get the date anymore, it seems.

This is one of two issues I have with iOS 10. The other issue being with the default mail app. When I have emails that are pictures that are 10 or more pictures the save insert number images will only save 5. Even if the email has more than that. If anyone else is having that issue please let me know and if you know how to fix that please tell me.

I have the same issue. If have 8 pictures attachment, only 5 are saved. The only way I figured out is to save them one by one, a very primitive solution to say the least... All suggestions are welcome!

I find that having my wallpaper darker than I want it very irritating. Why would I want a dark background? I want my background the same as the photo I set it as, not a grey, drab, washed out photo.

It is either a terrible feature, or an irritating bug. Either way, it should be rectified.

I don't know how you fix this but I too have this annoying problem, I don't understand why they keep making wallpapers dimmer with every ios update, they look terrible! They really need to fix this soon! Hopefully they'll hear us out...

I have the exact same issue. This is something that was present in all of the betas and I hoped would be worked out for the full gold master iOS 10 release. This is a horrible decision on Apple'a behalf. At least give us the option to turn off the wallpaper dimming.

Apple, please fix this!!!!!

The apple camera and screen are so wonderful to feature an amazing photo for our screensavers . There seems to be a dull filter over the photo you choose in order to feature the apps and their icons. This feature should be something you can choose or reject. I have some incredible photos that look terrible with this feature. This is a MUST FIX issue. We look at our phones all day and for me the aesthetic of a great work of art or photo matter.

i have been dealing with this dumb 'feature' since ios7. It's a poor design decision and it's not what people want. As if Apple isnt clever enough to figure something else out for keeping text clear and viewable. Apple doesnt care about this issue and won't be answering our requests to have an option to toggle it off. 55 of my 60 wallpapers look drab and overcast. They are ruined by this effect and it's pointless to even use wallpapers on my iPhone anymore. People have been requesting this be addressed since ios7. I don't care about depth and making my icons pop out. I want my wallpapers to look as they were intended to look. Obviously many other people feel the same because there have been several posts about this over the past couple years. The only thing you can do is make a suggestion to Apple, which they won't listen to, and the design team certainly doesnt come here to the forums. They do what they want whether the customer likes it or not. I mean, how hard would it be to put a simple toggle in to turn it off? We just have to deal with it. Wallpapers on any other brand of phone look better than my spanking new iPhone 7 Plus. Very disappointing indeed.

Absolutely. This issue has not been fixed and it is a major design flaw within iOS. This should be a personal choice in display settings and never a native unchangeable setting . It destroys the integrity of the photography and art we love so much which is why we wanted an iPhone in the first place ! Apple if you're watching please get this issue resolved.

I wish Apple cared about their customers enough to simply listen to our complaints. The dim homescreen looks horrible. Apple, please PLEASE for the love of god stop making poor design decisions. It seems like they need to clean house in that department. The current design team's mission seems to be "just how unaestheticly pleasing can we make this".

It literally takes a gorgeous photo and makes it look bad. It is incredible that this passed the test to be included . This type of thing seems small but this is exactly why people will jump ship when something better comes along. It is our decision how we want our wallpaper to look and to make a program that goes against making a photo look good is ludicrous. What kind of unintelligence thinks like this?