iOS 17 Lock Screen Interface to Turn iPhone Into Smart Home Display

[TVreporter]

Am I going to be lucky enough to get this on my 8-plus?

And why wouldn’t they put this on iPads?
I do have an iPad mini Gen 1 that would be useful to use as a HomeKit pad!

 

[dk001]

On an iPad I can see this.
On an iPhone? Not.

@Lyrics23
Just curious, why the disagree?

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I’m really liking this stand.

 

[Dark_Omen]

I find my iPhone mini's screen too small to be useful for this feature. I wish iPadOS was first.

Fortunately for everyone else, they use a phone with real screen estate and not the mini. Life doesn't cater to the needs of the 0.001%.

 

[HMI]

Looks like you’ll have to disable a lot of the upcoming features then to make it more minimal…

I just want to get rid of the camera button on the bottom right corner of the Lock Screen.

 

[Surf Monkey]

I just want to get rid of the camera button on the bottom right corner of the Lock Screen.

Why?

 

[svish]

Excited to hear this. Always on display is improving!

 

[CarAnalogy]

My biggest worry is that this feature will only be on the "always-display" iPhone Pros only to preserve battery. Is that likely?

… yes

 

[Radeon85]

I find my iPhone mini's screen too small to be useful for this feature. I wish iPadOS was first.

And this is why the mini is a complete failure, may have phone in its name but get used very little as one these days as one. They are media devices these days and that's why much larger screens are the most popular.

 

[magicschoolbus]

we were kinda promised this with the last iOS and the iPhone low powered off screen but it never seemed to take off.

 

[zapmymac]

This really only works if Apple will make it stop charging at/around 70%/80%

 

[alexandr]

Have a wall mounted iPad since several years - usability is limited. This is something were Apple could improve things easily.

I agree, there needs to be a full on Home control out of the box.

 

[alexandr]

You’ve never used your phone as a stand alone GPS? In a mount on your dash, vent or cd slot?

Of course I have, but the original poster wanted the CarPlay interface on their phone. Very different.

 

[dk001]

Playing a bit of a devil's advocate as I read the comments and the announcement and why I see the iPhone as the start as too minimal, my car has a 12" navigation screen (Car Play and Android Auto) and my house has a 12" screen (mounted - runs Android) tied into everything (heat/cool/security/appliances/lights/entertainment/coms).

If in the future I want to switch my home to Apple, they have a lot to catch up on and have to make it cost/feature beneficial. This is at least a step in the right direction. Kind of.

 

[anthogag]

A smart display would be smart 🐬

Also, when I am driving and Maps is not on/running it would be great to have the speed limit for the current road on the display and warnings for speed and red light camera ahead.

 

[Ho Tai]

Let's say I have a Magsafe charger on my desk. I keep my phone in horizontal (I assume this equates to landscape) mode, plugged in, with this new display feature on. My battery is now at 100% most of the time. Wouldn't it be better for the phone to have an option to not charge the phone over 80% to keep the battery healthier?

 

[The Game 161]

a sign that an apple smart home device is close.

 

[dk001]

A smart display would be smart 🐬

Also, when I am driving and Maps is not on/running it would be great to have the speed limit for the current road on the display and warnings for speed and red light camera ahead.

My car default nav has that and it is so helpful.

 

[_Spinn_]

This sounds really useful. I’m excited!

Reminds me of exhibition mode from webOS.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Sounds good.

 

[Hank001]

Why?

Because it doesn't work. Camera app doesn't open when I tap on that icon.

 

[Powerbooky]

As others said this fits best on an iPad. It could work on an iPhone too, but in a very minimalistic fashion.
Also I would like it to use the camera to detect (people) if it can turn off the (OLED) screen to prevent burn-in.

But Apple needs to do more work on more programmable Homekit functions. Options for different notifications, both sound and visuals. In iOS16 the Homekit notification sound is one and the same for all devices and sensors. It can play a burglar alarm sound on a HomePod but not on the iPhone itself. Whenever we are away and there is an incident at home, the notification is just too short and sounds exactly the same as any other notification.

 

[Surf Monkey]

Because it doesn't work. Camera app doesn't open when I tap on that icon.

Works for me. It’s a longer press than just a tap so that you don’t activate it by accident all the time.

 

[Hank001]

Works for me. It’s a longer press than just a tap so that you don’t activate it by accident all the time.

Awkward design. So this is a 3d touch, which was killed a few years back already. And it takes a simple swipe left from the lock screen to open the camera app, which often happens accidentally, but for the bottom right icon to work one needs to long press. This design is wrong and inconsistent.

 

[dk001]

Awkward design. So this is a 3d touch, which was killed a few years back already. And it takes a simple swipe left from the lock screen to open the camera app, which often happens accidentally, but for the bottom right icon to work one needs to long press. This design is wrong and inconsistent.

Be better if we could assign what we want there even if it is nothing.