Apple gave us some lock screen customization in iOS16, and it's a good start. But Apple can go further with customization in iOS17.
When you compare iOS and Android, it’s always been clear that Android is the way to go if you want full customization of your mobile software. However, ever since iOS 14, Apple seems to have had a change of heart and allowed for more user customization, starting with the home screen. With iOS 16, we finally got a few options for customizing our lock screens, which is the first thing we see when picking up our favorite iPhone.
Related I personally find the user interface and experience of changing up your lock screen to be exhausting. To access it, you need to press and hold on the lock screen after unlocking it, similar to how you would do on an Apple Watch. You can have multiple lock screens, too, though I find it more annoying to switch between them since you can’t just swipe from the edges on the lock screen as you do on the Apple Watch.
But the biggest issue I have is the fact that I simply can’t just add a new lock screen without just keeping my current home screen wallpaper. Once you set your new lock screen, iOS 16 forces you to either set it as a wallpaper pair on both the lock and home screens, or you can set a separate image for the home screen — but you can’t just choose to keep it the current one .
Apple gives us a one-by-four row underneath the time, which you can fill up with widgets, provided that you have apps that actually have useful widgets you want to display. Given the size constraint, this means four one-by-one squares, two one-by-two rectangles, or one rectangle and two squares. More font options, please After many years of using the single typeface on the lock screen, Apple has given us a few more options to pick from in iOS 16. You could choose from three styles — Arabic, Arabic Indic, and Devanagari — with each of those having eight different typefaces. Unfortunately, if you like the classic font from the lock screen time from iOS 15 and earlier, it seems that has disappeared.
Even more ways to express color Oh, and the colors. The preset choices are nice, and Apple lets you choose the color intensity to suit your preferences. And if you don’t like the standard colors, you can use the color grid, spectrum, or sliders for a more personalized hue.
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