Reimagined Lock Screen

Make iPhone your own with all-new ways to personalize your Lock Screen. Showcase favorite photos, customize font styles, and display a set of widgets to get information at a glance.

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Widgets

Widgets on the Lock Screen let you quickly glance at data like the weather, calendar events, date, time zones, alarms, battery level, Activity ring progress, and more from your favorite apps.

Create multiple Lock Screens

You can now create different Lock Screens, each with a unique backdrop and style, and easily switch between them. Browse a gallery of wallpapers with suggested photos and themed collections for inspiration.

Notifications

View notifications on the Lock Screen in an expanded list view, stacked view, or hidden view. And notifications appear at the bottom of the screen, so they stay out of the way.

Live Activities

Live Activities make it easier to stay on top of things that are happening in real time, right from your Lock Screen. So you can check the score of a game or track the progress of your food delivery without unlocking your device.*

Easily set up a Focus

A new streamlined setup for Focus lets you select the apps and people you want to receive notifications from by either allowing them or silencing them. Connect your Lock Screen to your Focus so the look and feel of your iPhone match how you want to use it in the moment. With a swipe, you can go from your Personal Focus to your Work Focus with widgets showing upcoming meetings and to-do lists.

Focus filters

iCloud Shared Photo Library

Smart ways to share

Choose what to include based on a start date or the people in the photos. Once the shared library is set up, you can share photos instantly right from Camera, choose to share automatically when other shared library members are nearby, and get smart suggestions for adding photos to the shared library in For You.

Edits and changes sync everywhere

Everyone has equal permissions for adding, editing, and deleting photos in the shared library. Favorites, captions, and keywords sync too, so if one person organizes the collection, everyone benefits.

Everyday messaging enhanced

You can now edit a message you just sent or unsend a recent message altogether.1 And you can mark a message as unread if you can’t respond in the moment and want to come back to it later.

SharePlay via Messages

Watch the latest episode of your favorite show or listen to a new song with friends while chatting about it in Messages.2 Shared playback controls ensure that you’re always synced up.

Richer collaboration

Share notes, presentations, reminders, Safari Tab Groups, and more in Messages to start collaborating instantly. See updates on shared projects in the thread and easily get in touch with your collaborators right from the app you’re working in.

Improved Search

Search delivers more accurate and complete results and provides suggestions before you start typing.

New mailbox features

Sign in more safely with passkeys

Shared Tab Groups

Share tabs and bookmarks, send messages, and start FaceTime right from Safari. Whether you’re planning a trip with friends or shopping for a couch with your partner, you can share all the tabs in one place. And when they find something great, they can add tabs too.

Lift subject from background

You can easily lift the subject from an image or isolate the subject by removing the background. Available in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and more.5

Live Text for video

Pause a video on any frame that contains text to use familiar interactions like copy, translate, look up, share, and more.6

Live Text quick actions

Now it’s even easier to call phone numbers, visit websites, convert currencies, translate languages, and more in photos, videos, and Camera.6

Shortcuts with zero setup

Smarter Dictation

Use Dictation and the keyboard together

Move seamlessly between voice and touch to enter text. Type with the keyboard, tap in the text field, move the cursor, and insert QuickType suggestions, all without needing to stop Dictation.10

Multi-stop routing

Transit cards and fares in Maps

Add new transit cards to Wallet, check low balances, replenish your card, and see the total cost of your trip, all without leaving Maps.

Introducing Apple Pay Later

Split the cost of your Apple Pay purchase into four payments over six weeks with no interest or fees.11

Track your orders

View your receipts and track your Apple Pay orders directly in Wallet.

Share keys securely

Share your keys securely in Wallet using your favorite messaging apps, including Messages, Mail, and WhatsApp. You can decide where and when your keys can be used, and you can revoke them anytime.12

Verify your identity in apps

Present your ID in apps to verify your identity.13

Reimagined Home app

The Home app is rebuilt from the ground up to be even more efficient and reliable. Navigate all your smart home devices in the redesigned Home tab. New categories for climate, lights, security, and more let you access relevant accessories with just a tap. And a multicamera view puts your smart home cameras front and center.14

Matter support

Health app updates

The new Medications feature in the Health app helps you manage, track, and understand the medications you take.16 And to help you stay connected on what matters most, you can now send loved ones an invitation to share their information stored in the Health app.

Fitness app for iPhone

The Fitness app can help you track and meet your fitness goals, even if you don’t have an Apple Watch. Now, using iPhone motion sensors, your steps, distance, and third‑party workouts will give you an estimate of your calories to contribute to your daily move goal.

Manage child accounts with ease

Easily create accounts for children with the right parental controls, right from the start. Set your preferences for age-appropriate media, Screen Time, location sharing, and more. Screen Time requests from your kids now appear in Messages, so it’s easy to approve or decline a request.

Set up a new device for a child

Use Quick Start and your device to easily set up a new iPhone or iPad for your child with all the appropriate parental controls already in place.

Family Checklist

Get helpful tips and suggestions to get the most out of Family Sharing, like updating children’s settings as they get older, turning on location sharing, or reminding you that you can share your iCloud+ subscription with everyone.

Next generation of CarPlay

The next generation of CarPlay brings a fully integrated, immersive iPhone experience to your vehicle.

Rapid Security Response

Safety Check

Safety Check helps people in domestic or intimate partner violence situations review and reset the access they’ve granted others. Safety Check resets system privacy permissions for apps and restricts Messages and FaceTime to the device on hand.

Door Detection

Navigate the final few feet to your destination by locating a door, identifying how far away it is, and finding out how to open it. Door Detection also reads aloud important details like room numbers and wheelchair accessible symbols.17

Live Captions

Turn audio into text in real time and follow along more easily with conversations and media.18

Control Apple Watch with iPhone

Use Switch Control, Voice Control, or any other assistive feature on iPhone to control your Apple Watch.

Buddy controller