

However, iOS 16’s take feels more refined, and there are thoughtful conveniences that you can appreciate on a day-to-day basis. On a concluding note, neither iOS 16 nor its supposed copycat (read: One UI 5) seem like half-baked work. But I don’t know many smartphone users that would pay for a lock screen wallpaper. Samsung also lets you purchase wallpaper images across different categories, and the range available in the store is huge. The pictures are refreshed on a bi-weekly basis, and you can choose up to five categories from among 14, which include landscapes, art, food, and of course, cats and dogs. Samsung has its own wallpaper shuffling system, but instead of automatically picking photos from the phone’s gallery, it sources an image from the Galaxy Theme repository. It’s a great way to revisit memories, and I love it. It’s a pleasant excitement every morning I unlock my iPhone 14 Pro, unaware of the nature photo that will greet me. In my experience, I found Photo Shuffle to be a superior experience - in terms of convenience, the versatility of adding effects, and the surprise element. Once you’ve selected your photos, Apple lets you show the real colors or asks you to pick a black & white, duo-tone, and color-wash version of the same photo. You choose either or both for the photo shuffle. Oh, did I tell you that the depth effect for wrapping the clock and widgets around image elements is stunning? Yeah, it’s quite accurate and makes the lock screen look as if it was professionally edited.Īnother neat touch is the ability to pick nature-centric photos or pictures of people’s faces in your gallery. Both ecosystems offer a custom wallpaper option that lets you shuffle photos from your photo gallery on the lock screen throughout the day. Users get this facility with One UI 5 as well as iOS 16.

You can adjust the gradient and saturation strength and create a combination from the spectrum option. You get nine single-tone backgrounds with a gradient effect and four graphical wallpapers with solid coloring and sharp lines.

One UI 5 also takes a similar approach but offers fewer wallpapers across different categories. Finally, you can have seven uniform-tone wallpapers with a clean fading texture. When you pick the emoji wallpaper option, you can customize it with any emoji of your liking. Next, you have seven emoji-loaded wallpapers and an equal number of artistic background art with solid as well as gradient color styles. Scrolling down in iOS 16, you will come across six Weather & Astronomy dynamic wallpapers, which are actually quite stunning to just tap and interact with. Starting with the stock wallpaper selection, Apple offers a selection of six backgrounds, while Samsung lets you pick between 21 wallpaper options. Wallpapers – it’s the little things that matter Nadeem Sarwar / DigitalTrends
