How Do You Turn Off the Bouncy Notification Pop-up Animations for ios 26?

Re: "How Do You Turn Off the Bouncy Notification Pop-up Animations for ios 26?

Even after enabling “Reduce Motion,” these notification animations still cause discomfort

as they only turned off the animations for opening apps and swiping between apps."

You may want to customize motion settings for any apps that use the Bouncy Notifications :

Apple Support's online article: Customize visual accessibility settings for specific apps on iPhone - Apple Support

Eg: says:

"Customize visual accessibility settings for specific apps on iPhone

You can choose different color, text size, and motion settings for certain apps or for the Home Screen and App Library.

1. Go to Settings  > Accessibility > Per-App Settings". (scroll right down)
2. "Tap Add App, then choose an app from the list (or Home Screen & App Library).
3. Tap the name of the app (or Home Screen & App Library) to access its settings.

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Re: How do you manage ... these animations? Are there any settings or tricks to minimize them?

Seems there are more "reduce motion" settings than before:

Apple Support's online article for iOS 26: Customize onscreen motion on iPhone - Apple Support

Eg Says:

"You can customize movement of some elements on the screen, such as:

• Motion effects for wallpaper, apps, and alerts
• Screen transitions
• Siri animations
• Typing autocompletion
• Animated full-screen and bubble effects in the Messages app
• Animated images on the web and in apps

Customize onscreen motion

1. Go to the Settings app  on your iPhone.
2. Tap Accessibility, then tap Motion.
3. Do any of the following:

• • Reduce Motion: Turn on. (When off, you'll see more motion, like the fluid morphing effects of Liquid Glass.)
  • Vehicle Motion Cues: Turn on, off, or set to automatically turn on when you’re moving in a vehicle. You can also customize the appearance of the cues including the pattern, color, and visibility. (When on, dots appear and move on the screen to reduce or stop onscreen motion.)
  • Dim Flashing Lights: Turn on. (The display of media automatically dims when flashes or strobe effects are detected.)
  • Auto-Play Animated Images: Turn off. (When on, rapid animated images and moving elements such as GIFs in Messages and Safari play automatically.)
  • Auto-Play Video Previews: Turn off. (When on, it allows apps such as the App Store to automatically play video previews.)
  • Auto-Play Message Effects: Turn off. (When on, the Messages app automatically plays full-screen effects. If you turn this setting off, you can still manually play effects by tapping Replay below the message bubble.)
  • Prefer Non-Blinking Cursor: Turn on. (Stop the blinking of the vertical bar that appears at the insertion point where you’re typing. If you use a braille display with iPhone, the cursor indicator on the display also stops blinking.)
  • Limit Frame Rate: Turn on. (On models with ProMotion display technology, this limits the maximum frame rate of the display to 60 frames per second."

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Again: "To apply these effects to specific apps, see Customize visual accessibility settings for specific apps

Important: Your iPhone uses an on-device algorithm to detect flashing or strobing lights included in supported media and automatically dims them on your iPhone in real time.

Motion settings should not be relied upon in high-risk situations, or for the treatment of any medical condition."

Even with all the changes made to turn these settings on/ off, the way the in app notifications appear, and the opening of apps and the corners "unfolding" is still not disappearing. And cumulatively causing motion sickness.