

You can also change the colour of the background behind the emoji with preselected colours or a colour wheel. It’ll automatically change the image on a set interval, be it on tap, on wake, hourly or daily, for an ever-changing Lock Screen experience.Įmoji allows you to create an emoji-inspired Lock Screen wallpaper using up to six of your favourite emoji, with five different layouts providing a unique look. You’ve got the option of manually selecting up to 20 images if you’d rather have a more curated experience. Photos will display portrait shots, while Photo Shuffle displays images from different categories including People, Pets and Nature. Photos & Photo Shuffle is very much like the People layout, except it also includes images of landscapes, textures and other cool shots from your photo library that Apple’s onboard AI thinks could make a good Lock Screen wallpaper. You can also add a colour effect to the background while leaving the subject unchanged with Colour Backdrop, or you can add studio and black-and-white finishes for a more subtle effect. If the layout of the image is just right, the time will be displayed behind the subject for added depth. People, as the name suggests, will display images of people you’ve snapped on your Lock Screen, with an excellent depth effect that brings the subject of the photo into the foreground. Let’s break down the various options available. Note that you can also customize the current Lock Screen by going into Settings -> Wallpaper & Lock Screens.Once you tap the + icon, you’ll be taken to Apple’s all-new wallpaper editing interface, giving you the choice of various styles of Lock Screen as well as a few curated by Apple itself. When you've finished customizing your Lock Screen, simply tap Done, and then tap the screen again to exit the Lock Screen gallery. Widgets that can be placed below the time are more info-rich and include device battery levels, Calendar, Clock, Fitness, Home, News, Reminders, Stocks, and Weather. The widgets that you can add above the time include another time zone, a set alarm, the next calendar event, a weather condition, your activity rings, the next reminder, and a chosen stock. The center frame indicates that you can tap to edit the style of the time, while the frames above and below it can be tapped to add optional widgets. Up top, you'll see frames surrounding the time and date, as well as an area of space below the time. (If it's a photo, bear in mind that choosing different filters may also apply different typeface styles to the time and date.) If you're customizing a Lock Screen from Apple's "Collections," the options at the bottom of the screen are more limited. Note that the filters available to you by swiping left and right are intelligently generated automatically for the chosen image, so you'll see different options here depending on whether, say, it's a depth photo or a Color wallpaper.

If you're customizing a "Photo" Lock Screen, the bottom options let you choose another picture (or a selection of pictures if its a Shuffle wallpaper) from your photo library, set a filter, and enable or disable the Perspective Zoom/Depth Effect.

If you're customizing a "Color" Lock Screen, you can tap the colored circle on the left to change the color and hue, and you can swipe left and right to apply different styles to the image. Tapping Customize brings up an interactive view of your Lock Screen with several options at your disposal depending on the type of Lock Screen. Here we'll focus on customizing an existing Lock Screen. You can swipe left and right to choose a different existing Lock Screen, and then long press one to set it.Īlternatively, you can tap Customize to personalize the currently selected Lock Screen, or tap the blue + button to create a completely new one. Lock Screens are categorized here into Collections (stock Apple Lock Screens), Photos, and Colors. If you have an Apple Watch, the interface you see will be familiar, since it's very similar to the way watch face customization works. To get started, all you need to do is unlock your iPhone with Face ID or Touch ID, and then long press on the Lock Screen to enter the Lock Screen gallery. In iOS 16, you can customize the Lock Screen with unique fonts, colors, and, for the first time, widgets.
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This article shows you how to personalize your iPhone's Lock Screen in iOS 16.

With iOS 16, Apple introduced a complete overhaul of the iOS Lock Screen, making it more customizable than ever and able to display information-rich widgets.
