Shuffle Photos on iPhone Lock Screen in iOS 16

Wondering how the Lock Screen photo shuffle works in iOS 16? Let’s first understand it briefly!

So, How Does Photo Shuffle Work on iPhone Lock Screen?

To get started, Apple first lets you select the desired photos that you wish to shuffle on your device’s Lock Screen. Once you have selected your photos, you can choose to shuffle them daily, hourly, or whenever you tap the screen or wake your iPhone. For a more personalized experience, you can enable/disable Depth Effect or use different widgets like weather, fitness, fonts, and styles. In the end, you can choose to set them as a wallpaper pair for both Lock and Home Screen or customize the home screen separately.

Set Up Photo Shuffle on iPhone Lock Screen

  1. First off, unlock your iPhone using Touch ID or Face ID. 
  2. Now, long press on the screen and then hit the “+” button at the bottom right corner of the screen. Alternatively, you can swipe leftwards and then tap on the “+” Add button at the end.
  3. Now, tap on the Photo Shuffle option at the top row of options.
  4. Next, you have two options: Use Featured Photos: If you want to shuffle the features photos on your iPhone, tap on Choose next to People and then select the person who you want to show. After that, tap on the drop-down menu next to Shuffle Frequency and then choose the desired frequency. Then, tap on Use Featured Photos. Select Photos Manually: If you would prefer to choose images manually, tap on Select Photos Manually. Next, select the images from your photo library and then tap on Add at the upper right corner of the screen. Next up, tap on the triple dot icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. Up next, select the desired shuffle frequency like daily, hourly, on wake, or on tap. It’s worth pointing out that you can turn on/off the perspective zoom and depth effect as per your needs. Besides, you can also customize the wallpaper using your favorite widgets and styles. So, design your wallpaper to your liking. Up next, tap on Done at the upper right corner of the screen. Then, you can Set as Wallpaper Pair out or Customize Home Screen separately. Read more: How to Lock Notes with Passcode and Face ID on iPhone in iOS 16

Signing Off…

That’s done! Photos will now automatically shuffle on the Lock Screen based on your preferred method. From what I can tell based on my experience, the photo shuffling works as expected. So, I’m overall pleased with it. What about you? Do not forget to share your thoughts with us.