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(The Suggested Photos category in the gallery below pulls out a few of these photos-it’s just a visual preview that’s otherwise the same.) Why isn’t this sort of automatically filtered view available in Photos itself for identifying your best shots? Select anything other than All, and Apple’s machine learning system will suggest associated images that will likely work well on the Lock Screen. Tap either one, and you’ll see the filters along the top: All, Featured, People, Pets, Nature, and Cities.

Photos and People: Although Apple provided separate buttons for these, they’re actually the same, only with different photo-selection filters applied.

If you’re returning to customize an existing Lock Screen, you can’t change the Lock Screen wallpaper type-you must instead create a new one. However, you can do this only while creating a new Lock Screen. If you decide you don’t like a wallpaper, tap Cancel in the upper-left corner to try a different one. I encourage you to play with all the wallpapers and their options because the combinations are nearly endless. Confusingly, the Collections category is available only in the gallery, not among the buttons. Below that is a vertically scrolling gallery of Lock Screen wallpapers, some preconfigured with widgets. Along the top is a horizontally scrolling list of buttons for the main types of Lock Screen wallpapers: Photos, People, Photo Shuffle, Emoji, Weather, Astronomy, and Color. If you find the wallpaper selection Screen confusing, you’re not alone.

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(That lack of customization is confusing numerous people we wouldn’t be surprised to see an update to iOS 16 change it.) After tapping the blue plus button described above to create a new Lock Screen, you must first select a wallpaper type.

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When you first install iOS 16, you’re given only the regular default Lock Screen, which cannot be customized, though it does pick up your existing Lock Screen wallpaper.

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But let’s first talk about how to create a new Lock Screen. Later, you can return here and tap Customize to alter that Lock Screen’s settings.

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(On an iPhone 14 Pro with the Always-On display, you have to make sure the screen is awake before you touch and hold, which Adam says is quite annoying.) Third-party developers can create Lock Screen widgets, but the selection is limited right now, and there are some bugs we’ll discuss.īefore you can customize a Lock Screen, you must create a new one by touching and holding the Lock Screen until it appears in the Lock Screen switcher, and then tap the blue plus button. They can display information like upcoming Calendar appointments, Apple Watch charge level, Activity rings, and temperature, and they can also offer shortcuts to actions in particular apps. These are distinct from the Home Screen and Today View widgets, and they more closely resemble Apple Watch complications. Similarly, the Lock Screen will automatically change to match if the Focus switches on its own, such as due to a time-based trigger.Įach Lock Screen can hold up to five monochromatic widgets. Beyond being able to increase the visual diversity of your iPhone experience, you can tie a Lock Screen to a Focus and switch your Focus by swapping Lock Screens. You can now create multiple Lock Screens, each with its own wallpaper, clock font, and widgets, and cycle through them much like Apple Watch faces. IOS 16 is here, and the first thing you’ll notice is the new customizable Lock Screen. How to Customize Your Lock Screen in iOS 16

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