On earlier iOS versions Live Activity displays correctly according to mode set. Can't find an opened issue for that
version: iOS 26 device: iPhone 16
On iOS26 Live Activity appears in Dark Mode style for Light and dark Mode
Live Activities is not behaving as expected and is different in iOS 26, this is something our engineers should take a look at.
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I have submitted a bug report of unexpected behaviour of Live Activities in iOS 26. The Feedback number is: FB20187110 I hope engineers could investigate the problem.
Based on my testing, @Environment(\.colorScheme) starting from iOS 26 behaves differently for Live Activities:
Inside the Dynamic Island, it always returns .dark.
For the banner / Lock Screen section, the value appears to be determined by the current wallpaper/background context rather than the system Light/Dark Mode setting. For example, a light-colored wallpaper should result in .light.