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iPads to Get iPhone-Style Lock Screen Customization Options in iPadOS 17, Claims Leaker

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Apple intends to bring iPhone-style Lock Screen customizations to iPads with the launch of iPadOS 17, claims a leaker who has shared accurate details in the past.

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According to the Twitter account holder @analyst941, Apple will not only bring over to iPad models the custom Lock Screen options it introduced to iPhones in iOS 16, but it also plans to include additional updates being added in iOS 17.

Currently, iPad users running iPadOS 16 lack access to any of the Lock Screen customization tools iPhone users enjoy, leaving much of the screen unused. But if the latest rumor is accurate, iPadOS 17 will feature the following options for iPads:
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Wallpaper types such as Photo Shuffle, Emoji, and Weather
  • Photo tints and styles
  • Wallpaper depth effect
  • Clock style customization
  • Lock Screens linked to Focus Modes
  • Wallpapers gallery
On Tuesday, a separate rumor claimed that iOS 17 will bring new Lock Screen font size options to iPhones, as well as a button to share custom Lock Screen designs with other iPhone users. Leaker @analyst941 claims iPadOS 17 will also share "tuned up" Lock Screen customizations new to iOS 17, which could be a reference to the same tweaks.

The anonymous source behind this rumor leaked accurate information about the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island on the MacRumors Forums before the device was announced last year. The same tipster leaked alleged details about new solid-state buttons coming on the iPhone 15 Pro models, but they have since withdrawn the claim and now agree with other sources that the new buttons have been pushed back to next year's Pro models.

In addition, @analyst941 earlier this month claimed several other new features could be coming to the iPhone with iOS 17, including improvements to Search, the Dynamic Island, Control Center, and more. However, they do not have a long-term track record with rumors yet, so there is no guarantee the latest information they shared will prove to be accurate.
Apple is expected to preview iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 during the WWDC 2023 keynote on June 5. For more on what to expect in the new software, click the iOS 17 tag below.

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This was kind of inevitable but still doesn't solve the problem of the uselessness of a lockscreen on the iPad itself.

Most people use their iPad in landscape (Evidenced by Apple's accessories alone) Notifications should be a RH-swipe in from the desktop in a similar manner to MacOS/ChromeOS/Windows rather than needing a swipe in from the top of the screen like a Phone.
 
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This isn't news guys,..we all already knew this was coming to iPad from iPhone. Prior to the iOS redesign it was also mentioned.

Too many people think they are leakers these days 🙄🤦‍♂️
 
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iPadOS 17 will bring iOS 16 Lock Screen customization to iPad.

iOS 17 will bring iPadOS 16 external display support to iPhone?
 
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I'd be surprised if all the lock-screen features came over as some of them require ML cores. Heck, even some of them aren't supported on my iPhone X with the first gen ML cores (depth effects). I wouldn't be surprised if widgets and fonts came across, but items that need the ML cores may be limited to A12+ iPads.
 
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We were disappointed by lacklustre iPadOS 16 new features.

We will be disappointed by lacklustre iPadOS 17 new features.
We will be disappointed by lacklustre iPadOS 18 new features.
We will be disappointed by lacklustre iPadOS 19 new features.
We will be disappointed by lacklustre iPadOS 20 new features.
We will be disappointed by lacklustre iPadOS ... new features.
Rinse. Repeat.

With a lot of luck, by 2030 we might be able to properly manage files on an iPad Pro M10 Ultra Extreme Pro (it's probably what's required to achieve such a feat). It will only be available for the 12.9" iPad Pro model though...

But it's all good in the best of the world since we can customise the Lock Screen (yeah - that thing that disappears after a sec once said iPad has recognised your face/thumb)
 
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originalsk said:
Do we need a leaker for this? I feel like this was always the case with any new features - first year iPhone and then iPad year later.
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Literally my immediate reaction. Thank you for risking your job and future to tell us the most obvious facts about iOS. Maybe next you'll leak that the new iphones will be released in September?
 
Apple keeps innovating iPad OS.. just not in the right direction.
 
Ever since iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 release, new features get introduced in iOS first then iPadOS gets those features a year later...
 
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