Customize iPhone Home Screen Separately in iOS 16

Wondering what sort of customization tools iOS 16 offers for Home Screen wallpaper? Well, you can change the background color and even blur the Home Screen on iPhone to take the attention away from the background. On top of all, there is also a dedicated color palette to let you mix and match with plenty of colors.

  1. To get going, open the Settings app on your iPhone. 
  2. Now, scroll down and tap on Wallpaper. 
  3. Under the Home Screen Wallpaper preview, tap on Customize at the bottom. 
  4. Next, you can either Customize the Current Wallpaper or Add a New Wallpaper.  If you choose to add a new wallpaper, select a suitable wallpaper from the gallery or pick a photo from your photo library. For the purpose of this guide, I’m going to customize the current wallpaper.
  5. Up next, you can change the background color, and blur the background of the Home Screen by tapping on the “Blur” button at the bottom-right corner of the screen.  Notably, you can use the color slider at the bottom to adjust the background color of the wallpaper with better control.  And if you wish to take it even further, tap on the color palette at the bottom right corner of the background color window. After that, you can use tools like grid, spectrum, and slider to fine-tune the color.
  6. Finally, make sure to tap on Done at the top-right corner of the screen to finish.  That’s done! As always, you can use Home Screen widgets (touch hold on to the screen -> “+” button at the top right corner of the screen -> select a widget), customize the app icons, and also hide unwanted apps to make your Home Screen look different. Read more: How to Change Clock Style on iPhone Lock Screen in iOS 16

Tips to Design iPhone Home Screen to Your Liking

And that’s about it! While iOS 14 made the Home Screen exciting, iOS 16 has revamped the Lock Screen. Though iOS still has some catching up to do to beat Android’s famed customization, even huge critics would agree with the impressive improvement that the latest iteration of iOS has shown. Now, I want Apple to make the widgets fully interactive and also provide a native way to customize the app icons. After all, full-on customization will never be possible unless you have the complete freedom to tweak the design of the iPhone app icons. What’s your take on these suggestions?