iOS 16 depth of field effect makes a small part of the wallpaper body appear in front of the lock screen clock, creating a beautiful visual style. If your iPhone does not have a depth of field effect, then this article will "instruct you" for you. What is the depth of field effec

iOS 16 depth of field effect makes a small part of the wallpaper body appear in front of the lock screen clock, creating a beautiful visual style. If your iPhone does not have a depth of field effect, then this article will "instruct you" for you.

What is the depth of field effect?

iPhone running iOS 16 uses AI to process images and distinguish their subject from background, while setting up lock screen wallpaper.

uses this AI intelligence, which will create a layered effect on a graph. The first layer is the image background, the second layer is the lock screen clock, and the third layer is the image body.

So, a small part of the time indicator on the iPhone lock screen is behind the main body of the wallpaper, making the photo theme stand out and creating a good 3D visual layering effect, which Apple calls it the depth of field effect.

If your iPhone wants depth of field effect, then

1. Make sure you have iPhone XR or newer model

lock screen wallpaper's depth of field effect is only available for iPhones equipped with A12 Bionic chip or higher. Supported models are as follows:

• iPhone SE (2nd and 3rd generation)
• iPhone XR
• iPhone XS and XS Max
• iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
• iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max
• iPhone 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max
• iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max

2. The system update to iOS 16

Depth of field effect is a new feature launched by Apple on iOS 16 and is not available on iOS 15 or earlier. Upgrade to iOS 16, and install iOS 16 from Setting up a universal software update.

3. Remove widgets from lock screen

If there are widgets on your iPhone lock screen interface, the lock screen wallpaper will not show the depth of field effect.

If you want the depth of field wallpaper effect to be more beautiful, you need to remove the lock screen widget so that the depth of field effect will be enabled.

4. Enable the depth of field effect when adding wallpaper

• Open the settings application and click on the wallpaper.
• You can choose to customize the current lock screen or click Add new wallpaper.
• Here, click on the photo to select wallpaper from your photo app. Or swipe down to select the default iOS 16 wallpaper, astronomical wallpaper, etc.
• The part of the observation clock appears behind the main body of the photo. If not, please click on the more button at the bottom and enable the depth of field effect.
• Click Add Set as wallpaper pair to complete.



5. Select the right wallpaper

iPhone The depth of field photo effect on the lock screen will only work if the wallpaper you selected has a suitable subject near the clock. The subject cannot be too low or too high.



wallpaper image theme cannot cover all or important parts of the clock, otherwise the depth effect will not work, and the main body of the photo will appear below the time to display.

6. Scale wallpaper appropriately

When selecting a wallpaper that supports depth of field effect, if the depth of field effect is not achieved, you may need to appropriately scale the photo and patiently scale the image to see if the subject appears in front of the digital time. In most cases, the depth effect will initiate the effect after rescaling.

7. Add a new lock screen and try again

Sometimes if the depth of field effect cannot be adjusted, you can try adding a widget, then delete it, and then try adjusting it. Sometimes, no matter how you adjust it, you need to change the wallpaper.

8. Restarting the mobile phone

may be due to system file disorder and conflict, and some functions of the iPhone may not be used. The easiest and most effective way is to restart.

9. Update mobile

If you are using the first version of iOS 16, you can consider updating your phone to the latest version.

10. Reset all settings

Finally, if it still doesn't work, you can consider backing up your phone and resetting it. It is recommended that you try a few more wallpapers before resetting to make sure that it is not a problem with the wallpaper but a problem with the phone.

FAQ

• Why does the lock screen depth effect not work on my iPhone?

Generally, it is mainly because there are widgets on the lock screen or the wallpaper itself does not have the main part that can form a depth of field effect in the time area.

• Does all wallpapers support lock screen depth effect?

is not, only those parts with clear subjects near the digital time section will display the depth of field effect. Can

• can use depth effects on iPhone X or iPhone 8?

is iPhone X, iPhone 8 and Phone 8 Plus is compatible with iOS 16, but it is also impossible to use depth of field effect lock screen wallpaper on these models, because they do not have A12 Bionic or newer processors. Older chips don't provide the power to quickly understand images and separate their subject from their background.

• Depth of Field Effect is suitable for wallpaper filters?

is OK. When setting the lock screen wallpaper, you can slide left to use the filter, and the depth effect can still be used.

• black and white wallpaper supports the depth effect of lock screen?

is OK. If the subject of the black and white image is clear, you can use the lock screen wallpaper with depth of field effect.

• wallpapers need to be in JPEG format to make the depth effect work?

At present, as long as Apple supports the picture format, you can apply wallpapers.