Chance Miller
To coincide with the new Lock Screen widgets, Apple has also redesigned the
notification system in iOS 16. Starting this year, notifications now appear
at the bottom of your Lock Screen rather than at the top below the clock.
This change is proving to be controversial for many iPhone users, but there
are a few settings you can tweak that might improve the experience for you.
iOS 16 notification changes
Apple says that the new bottom-up design for iOS 16 notifications is meant
to reduce the clutter on your Lock Screen. The idea is that by moving
notifications to the bottom, you can see more of your wallpaper. This is
especially important for iOS 16, which adds a slew of new Lock Screen
personalization options such as widgets, depth effect wallpapers, live
wallpapers, and more.
What this means is that when you update your iPhone to iOS 16, your
notification will automatically start appearing at the bottom of your Lock
Screen.
You can swipe up these notifications to view more of them and easily delete
them, tap on them, and manage notifications on a per-app basis.
But along with these changes, Apple also added some new customization
options for iOS 16 notifications. If you head to the Settings app and tap on
"Notifications," you'll see three different options. Each of these options
are for customizing the appearance of notifications at the bottom of your
Lock Screen.
From left to right: Count, stack, and list
. Count : This replaces notifications on the Lock Screen with a simple piece
of text that tells you how many unread notifications you have. You can swipe
up to view a full list of your notifications.
. Stack : This option takes all of the notifications from each individual
app and "stacks" them up. So you have individual groups of notifications for
each app on your Lock Screen and in the Notification Center.
. List : This is the traditional iOS system for notifications from previous
years. You'll simply see a list of all your notifications that you can
expand by swiping up from the bottom of the Lock Screen.
An interesting tidbit that I discovered from the MacStories review of iOS 16
is that you can also temporarily enable "Count" at any time by simply
dragging downwards on notifications that are on your Lock Screen; this will
minimize and only show the number of notifications.
Unfortunately, what you can't change is the placement of the notifications.
There's no option to revert back to the "classic" notifications design in
iOS 16. This makes sense because of the new widgets on the Lock Screen, but
based on early sentiment on social media, it seems like there would
definitely be a market for a "classic" Lock Screen option.
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