If you select customise, you will have the option to change its colour, gradient, photos, and blur.IOS 16 brings support for adding widgets to your iPhone’s Lock Screen, and Widgetsmith is here to take this customization to the next level.

You can choose to set it as a wallpaper pair (it will change your home screen).

If you want to change the font and colour of your font on the lock screen, hold down on the clock and pick your preference.

You will see birthdays, calendar, battery, and more.

Select pinch to crop to resize the wallpaper.

When you select or customise a wallpaper, you can crop it, change its filter, change font and colour, and add a widget.

You will see suggested photos, photo shuffle, emoji, weather, astronomy, colour, and featured wallpapers.

Select the blue + icon and choose a wallpaper from the options.

Anyway, let's say want a new wallpaper.

You can swipe (right to left) to add a new lock screen layout to save and reuse too.

Or choose Customize to edit your current one.

Tap the blue + icon in the bottom right corner to add get a new wallpaper.

But the TL DR version of that guide is detailed below. Pocket-lint has an entire guide dedicated to showing you - step by step - how to customize your iPhone lock screen. You can add widgets, fonts, photos, wallpapers, and more.

Select the widget you intended to add to your home screen.Ī major new feature with iOS 16 is the ability to make custom Lock Screens.

You may need to edit your widget later.

It will then be added to your home screen.

When it opens, go to the size widget you want to add and then select Add Widget.

Search for the ' Color Widgets' widget.

Now, leave Color Widgets, go to the home screen, and press down in an empty area.

You may be asked to replace an existing widget or Set as a New Widget.

On the customise screen, you can add a theme and font and border color.

In the photo gallery that pops up, select a photo and confirm the crop.

Try tapping on Add Photo to change the photo, for instance.

You will see premade widgets under Discover.

Open Color Widgets and go to the Widgets tab.

Remove the original app from your home screen so it doesn't show both apps.įor the purposes of this guide, we will tell you how to easily use Color Widgets because it has a better UI than Widgetsmith, in our opinion.

You should see the app shortcut you created with a custom icon and name.

Now leave Shortcuts and look at your home screen to see the result.

Select a photo you want to use as an icon.

In the edit icon menu that pops up, select Choose photo.

Now, tap the icon next to the shortcut name (again, under Home Screen Name and Icon).

Perhaps use the name of the app you're trying to open (like 'TikTok').

Delete the words 'New Shortcut' and enter a new name for the app.

On the preview pane, tap the shortcut name field (under Home Screen Name and Icon).

On the details pane, tap Add to Home Screen.

Click the drop-down at the top (next to Open app) to access the details pane.

On the new shortcut pane, tap on 'App' to select the app you want to open.

In the menu that pops up, search for and select Open app.

On the new shortcut pane, tap Add Action.

In the Shortcuts app, follow these steps:

It will look like an app and work like one - but it'll have the custom icon and name you gave it. You just create a shortcut for an app and then add it to your home screen. You're going to use Shortcuts to replace the app icons on your home screen with all the icons and photos you curated in step two above. It's a pre-installed app, so there's no need to download it.

Those of you going with Halloween, for instance, could try pics of bats, witches, etc, for icons. If you're going for an aesthetic, stick with a theme. Or, you can use a photo you took and saved.

There are also apps (like Color Widgets) and websites (like Fla ticon) that offer free icons for you to download and use. On Etsy, sellers offer thousands of themed icon packs you can buy and download online in a matter of seconds and for super cheap. Once you have a select few apps on your home screen, go find some photos on the internet or in your camera gallery that you want to turn into app icons.

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