Keep an eye on that live baseball game, or watch your Uber driver getting closer to you in real time. It’s safe to say the scope for this particular feature is huge. Now, instead of shooting multiple notifications at you, Live Activities will let developers create a notification widget that updates live. Ever had notifications turned on during a particularly energetic football game and been deluged with notifications? Live Activities fixes that. Notifications will now roll in from the bottom of the lock screen as they’re received, and will be able to be easily hidden if not needed.īut the biggest new addition is the “Live Activities” API.
No more stacking of notifications with Live ActivitiesĪpple’s long-awaited notification update has also hit the lock screen. Put your Health stats on your lock screen so you can quickly see how much activity you need to close that final ring, or just keep your calendar always visible, so you always know what’s coming up.Īpple has also upgraded WidgetKit to work with the lock screen, so app developers will be able to add their own lock screen widgets as well, giving you even more options to change your lock screen as you see fit. Widgets are ready for the lock screenĪpple has only really just started using widgets on iOS, but it’s clear the company has really fallen for them, as you’ll also be able to add widgets to your lock screen in iOS 16. Apple has promised the wallpaper gallery will include millions of potential combinations, giving even the fussiest of us the tools we need to really personalize our iPhones. What if you love the black-and-white filter but hate the clock font Apple chose? Thankfully, you can change that, and other elements of those filters, including the color shades used in the filters themselves. You can even set your wallpaper to shuffle between different photos, giving you a fresh look every time you open your iPhone.īut preset options only go so far. These presets will come with a different style of clock font, and will even put foreground elements of your wallpaper in front of the clock, making the image really pop.
A number of preset filter options will be available, including color pop, black and white, and many others.
Now, iOS 16 will launch a massive suite of customization options.Īt the basic level, you’ll still be able to change the image you want as your wallpaper - but you’ll also be able to throw a range of filters onto your chosen image, right from your lock screen. The lock screen is one of the elements of your iPhone that you’ll see the most, so why shouldn’t you be able to change it? Previous versions of iOS allowed you to change your wallpaper, and that was about it. No more stacking of notifications with Live Activities.