Track 2024 U.S. Election Results Live on Your iPhone Lock Screen

[MacRumors]

Apple News is providing Live Activities support for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, allowing iPhone and iPad users to track electoral results in real time directly from their Lock Screen.

The feature is rolling out for U.S. users over the course of Election Day, November 5, providing continuous updates of the electoral count. So if you're interested, you don't need to repeatedly check news websites or unlock your device.

If you have an iPhone 14 Pro or later model running iOS 16.1 or newer, or an iPad running iPadOS 17 or later, you can activate the feature through the Apple News app. Setting it up in advance ensures you won't miss any updates when coverage begins. Open the Apple News app and tap the prominent "Follow Live" button when prompted.

When active, the Live Activity will appear as an interactive widget on your Lock Screen – you can quickly access detailed coverage with a tap. For iPhone 14 Pro and newer models, updates will also be visible in the Dynamic Island at the top of the display, even if you're doing something else on your iPhone.

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[Joseph C]

Shame it's not available outside of the US.

 

[kiranmk2]

Disappointed this is just for US users...

 

[DavidLeblond]

Ugh this is really not what I need but --- yeah I'll do it. I have some ambien, I'll still sleep tonight at least for a few hours.

 

[Kermit262]

I can't imagine a more anxiety-producing application of the Live Activity. I'm going to pass on this one.

 

[nfl46]

Thanks! Whew. This is going to be one long as night watching Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada.

Good luck to both candidates!

 

[Orange Bat]

No thank you! The goal today is to avoid the news like the plague and pretend the election isn’t even happening.

 

[neuropsychguy]

Helpful for those who will use this but I’ll be busy doing anything other than following the election. I already voted and my following the election won't change anything. That means I will ignore it from here on out. I might as well do something more productive — like stare at a blank wall, or play a game, or go for a walk.

At least this election will be over within the next few years.

 

[icanhazmac]

I just want the unsolicited, spam texts to stop. I am "swipe left, delete and report junk'ing" in my sleep!

 

[VictoryHighway]

Ugh this is really not what I need but --- yeah I'll do it. I have some ambien, I'll still sleep tonight at least for a few hours.

I agree. I already have wicked anxiety.

 

[dannyyankou]

Oh VERY bold to leave comments on

 

[gleepskip]

I just want the unsolicited, spam texts to stop. I am "swipe left, delete and report junk'ing" in my sleep!

Hopefully that comes to an abrupt halt today! I got a couple of texts from my party of choice giving me the address of my precinct. Ugh.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Hahah, absolutely not! I don't need this kind of stress in my life and there is nothing I can do at this point.

After work today (230ish), I'll be logging off and not using the internet, my phone, nor watching tv/streaming until tomorrow morning. I'll do a nice trail run, re-hang the gutters on my barn and my wife wants to transplant some blueberry bushes.

 

[Frantisekj]

Shame it's not available outside of the US.

😂 why? To know whether US will go downhill fast or slower? 😁

Maybe it’s important for those rich planing to move outside of USA in masses 😁

 

[newyorksole]

Oh VERY bold to leave comments on

lmaoo I thought the same but hey 10+ comments in and they’re pretty civil so far!

I also just got this notification from Apple News and said NOPE

 

[iMatt.]

If anyone finds out a way to turn this on in the UK let me know

 

[BriceApp]

I don’t believe a 14 pro is a minimum. I enabled it on my 13PM.

 

[anthogag]

I am Canadian, for Americans this Live Activity could be worse than any sporting Live Activity. One outcome is positive and forward thinking, the other is very negative, nasty, vindictive, ego centric, relies on nepotism,…

 

[krspkbl]

Shame it's not available outside of the US.

Same with pretty much everything else. It's really annoying. I get they are a US company but come on lol.

 

[David1986H]

Track 2024 Election Results Live on Your iPhone Lock Screen​

No thanks.

 

[xander49x]

for me this is good, I do not listen to the news and I only stream moves and TV shows.

 

[Manzanito]

I am Canadian, for Americans this Live Activity could be worse than any sporting Live Activity. One outcome is positive and forward thinking, the other is very negative, nasty, vindictive, ego centric, relies on nepotism,…

I wonder which one represents each outcome 🤣🤣🤣

 

[pdaholic]

I love it! So excited to get out and vote today!

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Just think, TOMORROW we wake up and the endless bombardments of political ads/spam/TV/social/Radio are behind us for about 1.5 years or so. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

And far more important than who gets to veto is who controls the legislative branch where just about anything to be done originates. Yes, the Pres. has "executive order" powers but most anything & everything to actually occur in America generally starts in the House and is refined/evolved in the Senate... and then the Pres. can either veto or not veto.

Get the Pres right- whatever you think "right" is- but the legislative election wrong, and the consequences can be just as bad- or worse- than whatever you can imagine will come from the election of either Presidential candidate.

Hopefully, people vote(d) wisely for their representatives and senators... vs. being towards entirely focused on a Pres. Hopefully, when each voter faces/faced actually filling in those little circles, they voted for the best PERSON for each job vs. just blindly voting party affiliation across the board.

 

[BuffaloTF]

I just want the unsolicited, spam texts to stop. I am "swipe left, delete and report junk'ing" in my sleep!

I swear doing “STOP” as instructed only increased the volume of these exponentially. I’ve been delete and report junk’ing them all too since the right way was a bunch of BS.