• Your theme on the Lock Screen: turn on Settings › Use Theme on Lock Screen and the pinned Lock Screen bubble uses your theme's background, text and accent colors, like the Home Screen widget. It's off by default, so the bubble keeps its classic white-on-dark look. • Rebuilt vector app icon for crisp edges in Light, Dark and Tinted modes on iOS 26.

• Your font in the widget and bubble: turn on Settings › Use Font in Widget & Bubble and the Home Screen widget and the pinned bubble use the font you picked in the app. It's off by default, so both stay in Modern Sans. • Sharper app icon, with clean Dark and Tinted versions on iOS 26.

• Cleaner Home Screen widget: it now shows just your note, like the pinned bubble, without the title and counters. The freed space goes to your text: up to 8 lines on the small widget, 7 lines or 6 checklist items on the medium one, and 15 lines on the large one.

• Your pin now lasts from your last visit: iOS keeps a pin on the Lock Screen for up to 8 hours, and opening Nownote now starts those 8 hours again. With Settings › Show Bubble Time Left on, the countdown restarts too, and an ended pin tells you how to bring it back. • Dynamic Island: the text no longer slips under the camera, and the island shows a pin instead of a pencil.

• Pin replaces LIVE: tap Pin at the top to keep your note on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. The first tap shows how it works; long-press Pin to see it again. • Pins come back: iOS removes a pin after 8 hours. Nownote now pins your note again when you open the app, and tells you. Prefer to do it yourself? Turn off Settings › Re-pin Automatically, then tap Pin again. • Swipe the pin off the Lock Screen to unpin it. Nownote won't bring it back.

• Erase faster: the eraser above the keyboard deletes your selection, or the line you're on when nothing is selected. Long-press it to choose. The trash still clears the whole note, after asking. • See how long your Live bubble has left: iOS removes a Live Activity after at most 8 hours. Turn on Settings › Show Bubble Time Left for a quiet indicator on the Lock Screen. • Fixes: buttons at the top and bottom of the screen now respond immediately after you type, and the checklist, timestamp and bullet buttons no longer change the last line by mistake.