These are the new options

Undoubtedly, it is the novelty that attracts the most attention from both users and the curious iPhone 14 Pro Is the screen always on? screen that So far we haven’t been able to customize beyond changes wallpaper and widgets, but now, with the third beta of iOS 16.2, it receives new options.

Customization options for the lock screen of our iPhone in iOS 16 They are limited to allowing us to change the background, customize widgets, choose the time font, and change the color of the elements on the screen. From here is the system that Adapting our preferences to an always-on display.

Android style always-on display

Now, with iOS 16.2 already in its third beta, we can tweak a few key points: The presence of wallpaper and the presence of notifications. For some context, we should remember that in the Android world, we’ve been with the always-on display for quite some time. Some would say “with the time always on” because, on these phones, all that is visible is the time on a black screen.

When Apple introduced us to the iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on display, it surprised us all by showing that, between the efficiency of the A16 Bionic chips and the larger battery, We can see the wallpaper even with this “off”. We can also see notifications at the bottom. Really useful functions, as they blur the line between turning the screen on and off and give us more information at a single glance.

Jobs, however, that Some users prefer to disable it, just what is offered in this new beta version. Login to the application settings then in screen and brightnessright Now The screen is always on It presents us with a submenu where, in addition to deactivating the screen always on itself, we can activate or deactivate Show wallpaper s Show notifications.

With her we can Customize the appearance of the lock screen for our iPhone 14 so that it perfectly adapts to our preferences. For now, it remains to be seen if masking the background, thus turning off the vast majority of pixels on the screen, significantly reduces battery consumption.

With this update we hope It officially arrives before the new yearSo, we can go ahead and customize the always-on lock screen for our iPhone 14 Pro Without forgetting the rest of the changes like arrival free form, for example. Customization and news that we will enjoy soon.