To change the background (wallpaper) on your iPhone, follow these steps:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Scroll down and tap Wallpaper.
- Tap Add New Wallpaper. This opens the wallpaper gallery.
- Choose the type of wallpaper you want:
- Select from Photos to use your own pictures.
- Choose from Photo Shuffle to have your wallpaper rotate through selected photos.
- Pick from Apple's featured collections like Astronomy , Weather , or default wallpapers.
- After selecting a wallpaper, you can customize it by adding widgets or adjusting colors and blur effects.
- Tap Add , then choose whether to set the wallpaper for both the Lock Screen and Home Screen by tapping Set as Wallpaper Pair or customize each screen separately.
- Tap Done to confirm your selection.
Alternatively, you can change the wallpaper directly from the Lock Screen by long-pressing the screen, tapping the plus sign to add a new wallpaper, and following similar customization steps
. For more dynamic options, you can use Photo Shuffle to automatically rotate wallpapers at intervals like hourly or daily
. You can also set wallpapers to change based on the time of day by using Focus modes in Settings, customizing each Focus with different wallpapers for Lock and Home Screens
. This process works on the latest iOS versions and is similar for iPads as well
