Apple has released iOS 16, bringing with it several major updates for iPhone, including the ability to customize the Lock Screen to allow users to change the look of the date and time with type styles and colour choices, add widgets to the Lock Screen to get information at a glance, such as upcoming calendar events, the weather and battery levels, relocated notifications, and more.

A big part of the new customizable Lock Screen is widgets. Widgets are glanceable snippets that offer information without having to enter an app. For example, the Weather widget shows the current temperature all the time on the Lock Screen without opening the Weather app, and the Calendar widget shows any upcoming events with a glance, without opening the Calendar app.

iOS 16 offers users a variety of widgets to choose from to customise their iPhone’s Lock Screen, many of which are available in various sizes with different information and layouts to select, including live news from Apple News, world clocks, battery statuses, stocks, reminders, and more.

How to add Lock Screen widgets in iOS 16

With the new update downloaded, users can change the appearance of the Lock Screen by changing the default font and colours, creating a more personal experience unlike anything seen on the iPhone’s Lock Screen before, offering users almost full control of the appearance of the Lock Screen with some handy, easy to use personalisation features.

Apple offers four different font types to choose from and an infinite colour selection through a colour grid, spectrum and sliders, as well as the option to specify a Hex colour code within the iOS 16 Lock Screen editor.

How to change Lock Screen font and colors in iOS 16

One of the most colourful new Lock Screen customisations a user can choose is a new custom emoji wallpaper, where up to six different emoji characters can be selected to create a unique emoji background in various patterns.

The custom emoji Lock Screen can use any combination of emojis, from smiley faces and hearts to objects, food and animals, making no two wallpapers the same.

How to create a custom emoji Lock Screen in iOS 16

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