How to Customize the iPhone Lock Screen in iOS 16
With the release of iOS 16, your iPhone lock screen will no longer be the same. Customising the lock screen with widgets, fonts, and colors is a feature that iOS users have wished for, for ages. Having ignored this popular demand for years, Apple has finally answered our prayers and introduced a fully customisable lock screen. That means you can now personalise your lock screen so that it not only looks eye-catching but also lets you keep track of information like weather, activity, live scores, and more. If you are ready to get the most of this feature, let’s jump right in to learn how to customise iPhone lock screen in iOS 16.
Create and Customise iPhone Lock Screens in iOS 16 (2022)
In this article, we will tell you how to create a brand new lock screen from scratch in iOS 16. And, we will also take a look at how you can edit specific things in your lock screen without creating a whole new one. You can use the table of contents below to jump ahead to any section that you’re interested in learning about.
What Sort of Lock Screen Customization Tools does iOS 16 Offer?
iOS 16 brings a bunch of useful customisation tools to the iPhone lock screen. You can edit the lock screen wallpaper, add widgets, change the font used in the lock screen time display, and use depth effects for a more unique look.
iOS 16 comes with a plethora of wallpaper options to choose from, but you can easily use your own images if you want. What’s more, the colors used for the lock screen clock, widgets, etc, can be fully customised as well.
Create a Custom iPhone Lock Screen
Let’s take a look at how you can create a brand new custom lock screen in iOS 16.
The basic set up is complete. Now, let’s customise the lock screen.
Note:You can add four small (1×1) widgets, or two medium (2×1) widgets, or a single medium (2×1) and two small (1×1) widgets to the lock screen.
Pro-tip:You can tap on the date displayed on the top of the lock screen to add one extra widget up there as well.
That’s it, you’ve successfully created a custom iPhone lock screen! Easy, right?
Change Lock Screen Wallpaper
Though you can always create a brand new lock screen for your iPhone, if you simply want to change the wallpaper on your lock screen, you can do that without designing a completely new one as well.
Note:As of iOS 16 Developer Beta 1, you can only change the wallpapers in a lock screen that uses a custom image from your gallery. If you’re using a wallpaper provided by Apple, you will not be able to change it without creating a brand new lock screen.
Note:If you’re using an Emoji lock screen, you will see the emoji icon instead of the image icon. Similarly, if you’re using a ‘Color’ lock screen, you will see an icon to change the background color instead of the image/emoji icon.
iOS 16 also supports depth effects in wallpapers. When you’re using a Portrait photo as your wallpaper, you will be able to enable (or disable) depth effects. This makes the clock partially hidden behind the portrait image, giving your lock screen an effect of a 3D wallpaper. Here’s how to use Portrait wallpapers and enable depth effects.
If you want a fresh wallpaper every now and then on your iPhone, you can do that as well. Just select multiple images as your wallpaper and iOS 16 will do the rest.
Change Lock Screen Widgets
If the widgets you selected while making your lock screen aren’t living up to your expectations, you can change them very easily.
Switch Between Lock Screens
The best part about lock screens in iOS 16 is that you can create multiple styles to suit different occasions or moods and switch between them easily. Here’s how to switch lock screens on iPhone with iOS 16.
Link Lock Screens with Focus Modes
While a lot of users don’t like theFocus modein iOS, I love using it. I use it for meetings, for managing my bedtime, and for personal events when I don’t want to get work notifications. With iOS 16, however, I can even ensure that the lock screen on my iPhone is suited to the Focus mode I’m in. This means I can use a lock screen with a playful wallpaper and activity widgets for personal time, and a lock screen with the calendar widget and a more work-suitable wallpaper during office hours.
Similarly, you can create multiple lock screens for multiple use-cases, and switch between them effortlessly.
Delete Lock Screens
If you’re like me, you have probably spent hours and hours creating all sorts of lock screens for your iPhone. But what if you’ve created some lock screens that you’re not very happy with? Well, fortunately, you can, very easily, delete lock screens as well.
Create Custom Lock Screens for iPhone and Switch Between Them
iPhone’s have never been known for their customisability. However, with iOS 16, it seems Apple is finally beginning to realise that users like to show off their personal style on their smartphones as well. Though the lock screen customisation is pretty good already, I’m hoping Apple will soon start offering even more customisation options across the system. What do you think? Would you like to customise your iPhone lock/ home screen even further, or replace app icons, etc on your iPhone? Let us know in the comments.
Akshay Gangwar
Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.
Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.
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