How to edit your Lock Screen in iOS 16

Say goodbye to your boring old Lock Screen and start over. Say hello. It's finally here! The Lock Screen made possible by Apple's new operating system is very flexible.

According to Apple, the biggest update to the Lock Screen was brought by the newest software update. Making their first glance at their phones a lot more personal and useful, users can now update the fonts, photo activity, and details. It is possible to set it all up for yourself.

1. Open up Settings, and scroll down to Wallpaper.

Wallpaper, not Display & Brightness! Credit: Screenshot: Apple

The settings for display and brightness are not to be messed with. The Lock Screen's settings can be found in the wallpaper section.

2. Tap on "Add New Wallpaper."

The button will be beneath your current Lock Screen wallpaper. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

This will show you all of the ways you can modify your lock screen.

3. Scroll through the preset background options.

There are tons of preset background in a couple of different themes if you don't want to make a new background. The featured section is from other themes.

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There are weather and astronomy background shows for your location.

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You can change the background even further with your favorite emojis.

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There are collections that feature patterns for pride and black unity.

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There is a couple simple background designs that can be personalized.

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4. If none of the presets interest you, tap on "People" to see the iPhone's suggestions for headshots that will fit well on the Lock Screen.

This option will display images cropped to display headshots. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

Choose from the photos your iPhone has identified have people in them and will crop well into the Lock Screen. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

The camera roll will be scanned for photos of people that frame well on the lock screen. If you can't decide on just one suggestion, choose one.

5. Tap on "Photo Shuffle" to use multiple photos on your Lock Screen.

Tap here for a bunch of photos to be part of your background. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

Tap here to choose specific photos you'd like to feature in a shuffle. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

This option will pull featured photos of identified people to scroll through, or you can manually choose the photos you want to feature on your background.

Tap here to change how often the photos will switch on your background. Credit: Screenshot: Apple

The option allows you to make your photos change whenever you tap the screen, hourly, or daily.

6. Or if you want just one static image, tap on "Photos" and choose your desired image.

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It's still pretty good, even though it's more typical of the Lock Screen.

7. Now that you have an image selected, start adjusting each element of your Lock Screen data: date, time, and additional widgets.

This is what a photo background will look like with each element available for edit. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

The box that currently displays the date can be adjusted by tapping on it. You can show more data like weather, events, and Apple Watches.

Tap at the top to bring up the widget menu for the date area, which shows at the bottom of the screen. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

Date and weather! Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

The time and date display can be adjusted with a tap on the box. There is a box where you can try out different styles and colors. You can change each shade on a scale.

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There is an empty box under the time. Pick what you want to include in the popup box. Depending on the size, you can choose between two and four different things to show in this area.

An option with a medium and small widget, leaving room for one more small widget. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

An option with two medium widgets, taking up the max space. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

8. Make your photo background more dynamic by enabling the multilayered effect.

Tap here for the multilayer effect. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

What the photo looks like with the effect enabled. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

If you're using a photo as your background, make sure to tap on the three dots in the lower right hand corner to enable depth effect. This will allow you to place your photo's subject at the top of your display for a fun visual effect.

Turn it off if you don't want it. The effect may not be possible as the photo may block too much of the time, date, orwidget. It won't do anything if that is the case.

9. Slide your screen left to right to explore Photo Styles.

Black & White, for extra drama. Credit: Screenshot: Apple / Jennimai Nguyen

Black & White will be suggested by the iPhone to make your photo look better. Some photos have more suggested styles than others because of the lighting that makes each style possible. You can peruse them and pick one that suits you.

10. When you're satisfied, tap "Done" in the upper right corner.

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It wasWhew! This is it! All of the different types of background and edits you can make to your Lock Screen should now be in place.