iOS 17: How to add a different home screen wallpaper to your iPhone

One of the most exciting features introduced with last year’s iOS 16 release was a whole new level of lock screen customization. Apple goes beyond just letting you set up still images, so you can create screens that cycle through collections of photos of friends, pets, and landscapes, check real-time weather forecasts, astronomical conditions, and more. opened the floodgates.

This feature is largely the same in iOS 17, but Apple made a nice tweak in iOS 17.1 that allows you to select any album and use it instead of being limited to fixed smart collections like People, Pets, and Animals. Photo shuffle can now be displayed on the lock screen. Both nature and cities. You can also set multiple lock screens and cycle through them. This also means multiple photo shuffle screens for selecting photos from different albums. These can be set to appear automatically in different focus modes, so you can automatically switch between an album of professional photos at work and family photos at home.

A new standby mode in iOS 17 reduces the frequency of the lock screen appearing while your iPhone is charging, but it only takes effect when you turn your phone sideways. So you can enjoy the lock screen even if you leave it upright on the charger. This pairs especially well with the rich full-color always-on displays on Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

While you can only set your home screen to display a static photo behind your app icons, you can now choose to blur that background or dress it up a bit with some filters. What’s even more fun is that your home screen wallpaper is paired with each lock screen you set, so it changes depending on each lock screen. By default you’ll get a blurred version of the corresponding lock screen image, but you can also set it to any other image in your Photos library as before.

How to set a custom home screen wallpaper when configuring the lock screen

When you create a new lock screen wallpaper or edit an existing one, your iPhone provides a blurred version of the same wallpaper as your home screen background. Use something that stands out to entice you to choose this. Set as wallpaper pair Click the button, but you don’t have to accept this by default.

step 1: On your iPhone’s lock screen, tap and hold a blank space to open the lock screen picker.

Step 2: Select to create a new lock screen. plus sign It’s in the bottom right corner.

Step 3: Customize your new lock screen to your liking. For more information on what you can do here, see our article on how to customize your iPhone’s lock screen in iOS 16.

Step 4: Once done, select addition (or end (if you are editing an existing lock screen). A preview of your lock screen and home screen wallpaper will be displayed.

Step 5: select Customize your home screen Choose a different wallpaper for your home screen. A new home screen wallpaper editing view opens.

Step 6: From the options at the bottom, leave it as is pair selected (original (For iOS 16.0) Keep the same wallpaper as your lock screen.select color or Slope Choose a static background or photograph Click to select another image from your photo library.

Step 7: Color and gradient options are preset to use a background that matches your lock screen wallpaper. To select a different color or gradient, color or Slope Press the button again and the color picker will appear.

Step 8: select Blur Select whether to blur the home screen wallpaper. This option is only available if you have a matching lock screen wallpaper or custom photo. When using colors or gradients, there is nothing to blur, so they are not active.

Step 9: After customizing the home screen wallpaper to your liking, end It’s in the top right corner.

How to change the current home screen wallpaper from the lock screen

With iOS 16.1, Apple made it easy to customize your home screen wallpaper directly from the lock screen without having to go through lock screen settings first.

step 1: On your iPhone’s lock screen, tap and hold a blank space to open the lock screen picker.

Step 2: Swipe left or right to find the lock screen to edit the corresponding home screen wallpaper.

Step 3: choose customization Button below the lock screen image.

Step 4: Tap the wallpaper on the home screen on the right. The home screen wallpaper editing view opens.

Step 5: Select from the options below pair (original (For iOS 16.0) To use the same wallpaper as your lock screen, color or Slope Choose a static background or photograph Click to select another image from your photo library.

Step 6: If you are using a pair/original or photo, you can choose Blur Toggle the image blur on the home screen.

Step 7: Once done, select end Return to lock screen picker.

Step 8: Select the lock screen of your choice and exit the lock screen picker.

How to change the home screen wallpaper from the Settings app

You can also quickly choose a new home screen wallpaper for your current lock screen, the same way you set wallpaper in previous versions of iOS. This will skip the step of opening the lock screen wallpaper editor and allow you to select the home screen wallpaper directly instead.

As long as you’re running iOS 16.1 or later (which you should be already), you can swipe between different wallpaper pairs or tap the icon to add a new wallpaper pair. + Add new wallpaper button.

step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

Step 2: select wallpaper. A preview of your current lock screen and home screen wallpaper will be displayed.

Step 3: choose customization Button on the right below the wallpaper preview on the home screen. The home screen wallpaper editing view opens.

Step 4: Select from the options below pair (original (For iOS 16.0) To use the same wallpaper as your lock screen, color or Slope Choose a static background or photograph Click to select an image from your photo library.

Step 5: select Blur Toggle photo wallpaper blur.

Step 6: Once you are satisfied with your home screen wallpaper, select end Click in the top right corner to save your selection and return to wallpaper settings.

If you’ve customized your wallpaper to use colors, gradients, or a different photo, and want to go back to using the paired wallpaper from your lock screen, repeat the steps above. pair options (or original For iOS 16.0).

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