Create New iPhone Lock Screen in iOS 16
The wallpaper gallery comes with an ever-growing collection of high-quality wallpapers such as Photos, Emoji, Weather, Astronomy, Color, and more. Each wallpaper has its own specialty and features a different set of styles. Hence, you have plenty of freedom to tweak the design of the wallpaper for a more personalized experience.
- First off, unlock your iPhone using Touch ID or Face ID.
- Now, you need to long-press on the Lock Screen to access the wallpaper gallery. Then, tap on the “+” button at the bottom right corner of the screen. Note that you can alternatively swipe leftwards and then tap on the “+” button to start creating a new Lock Screen. Besides, you can also navigate to the Settings app -> Wallpaper -> Add New Wallpaper.
- Next, you will have access to the ready-made wallpapers. Now, explore the entire collection to find an attractive wallpaper and select it. For the purpose of this guide, I’m going to choose the Color wallpaper. Note:
Just in case you want to set a photo as Lock Screen wallpaper, tap on Photo and then choose an image from your photo library.And if you want to shuffle a bunch of photos on your Lock Screen, tap on Photo Shuffle at the top row of options > select photos from your library and then choose the desired shuffle frequency.Should you wish to add some fun elements to the Lock Screen, tap on Emoji to create emoji iPhone Lock Screen wallpaper. It’s worth pointing out that the customization options may vary depending on a specific wallpaper.
- Tap on the widget panel below the time to bring up the widgets selector and then tap on the preferred widgets to show in the panel. Do note that you can also show a nifty widget above the time between date and date reading. Just tap on the date and date reading to reveal the widgets selector and then tap the widget that you would like to add.
- After that, you can swipe left or right to switch between the available styles.
- Tap on the background color icon and then choose from the available options.
- Tap on the time frame to bring up the font and color window and then choose a suitable font. Besides, you can also tap on the globe icon to select Arabic numerals or Devanagari font.
- Once you have customized the Lock Screen, tap on Done at the top right corner of the screen.
- Tap on Set as Wallpaper Pair to set the wallpaper for both the Lock and Home screen.
- Finally, tap on your newly created Lock Screen to activate it. That’s done! You have successfully created a new iPhone Lock Screen. You can follow the same steps to make more Lock Screen wallpapers.
Signing Off…
Lock Screen customization is at the forefront of iOS 16. And rightly so as the latest iteration of iOS lets you design the Lock Screen to your heart’s content. Now that you know how this cool feature works, get the most out of it to give your screen a different look. That said, what do you have to say about iOS 16 and its plethora of new features such as Lockdown Mode, the ability to lock photos with Face ID/Touch ID, and automatically bypass CAPTCHAs.
