Apple is making iPhone 14 Pro Always-On display work like Android in iOS 16.2 - 9to5Mac

iOS 16.2 includes a large alteration for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max’s caller always-on display. After complaints from immoderate users, iOS 16.2 beta 3 includes a caller enactment that allows users to disable wallpaper and notifications from appearing connected the iPhone’s always-on display.

The contention

When the archetypal iPhone 14 Pro reviews were published successful September, immoderate reviewers were captious of however Apple had implemented the Always-On display, calling it “too on.” Apple’s implementation of the tech is acold much ambitious than Android manufacturers, galore of which lone amusement a achromatic wallpaper and the time.

By default, the iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On show shows a dimmed mentation of your wallpaper with notifications astatine the bottom. You tin pat connected the show oregon swipe up from the bottommost to aftermath it up.

iOS 16.2 beta 3 adds a caller mounting to code these complaints.

What’s new

This caller enactment tin beryllium recovered successful the Settings app, past successful the “Display and Brightness” menu. In this menu, pat connected the “Always On Display” option, and you’ll spot 3 options. By default, the iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on show “dims the Lock Screen erstwhile you fastener your instrumentality oregon permission it idle, portion inactive knowing adjuvant accusation similar the time, widgets, and notifications.”

In iOS 16.2 beta 3, however, Apple has added 2 caller toggles: 1 for disabling the “show wallpaper” diagnostic and different for disabling the “show notifications feature.”

If you toggle disconnected the wallpaper and notifications features, your iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On show volition amusement a axenic achromatic plan alongside your Lock Screen widgets and the time. This is akin to what’s offered by galore Android devices and should assistance code the complaints of immoderate iPhone 14 users.

This is besides similar to a workaround that was contiguous successful iOS 16, which required moving your iPhone successful “Do Not Disturb” to dim the always-on show and mostly halt the wallpaper from appearing.

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