How To Change Iphone Name And Photo

Dark Mode does offer a variety to your iPhone wallpapers by switching it dynamically from light to dark at a particular set time throughout the day. However, ever wished to change wallpapers throughout the day, rather than just switching the same one from light to dark. Well, iOS offers a nifty way to change your iPhone wallpaper automatically whenever you want to with the help of the Shortcuts app.

You'll never get bored of looking at the same wallpaper again and won't have to go to the effort of switching it manually. The following steps will show you how to use the Shortcuts app to automate changing the wallpaper on your iPhone.

How to use Shortcuts to automatically change your iPhone wallpaper daily

The process does involve quite a lot of steps, but it's guaranteed to be worthy. So let's check out the process:

Add your favorite wallpapers to a Photos Album
Create Shortcuts to change wallpapers automatically
Automate your Shortcuts to change your wallpapers daily

Add your favorite wallpapers to a Photos Album

The first step involves saving your favorite wallpapers to a Photos album. To do this:

OpenPhotos.
Tap Library at the bottom.
Then hitSelect at the top of the screen and pick all the photos you want to add to your Wallpapers folder.
Tap theShare icon and selectAdd to Album.
SelectNewAlbum, type in a name for it, and hitSave.

Your selected photos will now be in the newly created folder. The next step is to create a Shortcut that will change your wallpaper.

Create Shortcuts to change wallpapers automatically

The next step involves creating a shortcut for changing wallpapers automatically. This is done in the Shortcuts app:

OpenShortcuts app.
Tap + icon at the top-right.
Search forFind Photo and tap the option when it appears.
TapAdd Filter.
Then, tap Recents next toAlbumis.
Now select theWallpapers album you created earlier above.
Tap onSort By and selectRandom to make your device randomize the wallpapers.
ToggleONLimit and setGet Item to 1 so that only one image is displayed at a time.
Tap on the + icon, search forSet Wallpaperand select the option when it appears.
Choose whether you want to change the wallpapers for the Home screen, Lock screen, or both.
TapShow More and toggle OFF Show Preview.
TapNext and then give yourShortcut a name.
FInally, you'll be able to see your created shortcut in theShortcuts app.

Automate your Shortcuts to change your wallpapers daily

The final step involves automating your Shortcut so that it can switch the wallpaper depending on when you want it to without any. Here's what to do:

In theShortcuts app, tapAutomation at the bottom.
SelectCreate Personal Automation.
Here you will see a range of options of when you can make the automation run. For this tutorial, to automatically change your wallpaper at a specific time, tapTime of Day.
Now you can selectSunrise,Sunset, or a custom time of day. We have pickedSunrise.
Set it to repeatDaily so that your wallpaper changes every day with the sun.
Then, clickNext.
TapAdd Action.
Search forRunShortcut and select the option when it appears.
Next toRun, tapShortcut and select theWallpaper shortcut you created above.
TapNext and then toggle OFF the option forAsk Before Running.
FInally, tapDone.

Now, your iPhone or iPad will automatically change the wallpaper at the specified time each day by running the automated shortcut. You will also get a notification about it each time theShortcut runs.

To turn off these notifications, go toSettings →Screen Time →See All Activity. Scroll down toNotifications. Tap Show More and then selectShortcuts. Then toggle off Allow Notifications.

We think this built-in method is easier, efficient, and an excellent option. What do you think? Have you tried it yet? Let us know in the comments and if you run into problems, ask away, and we'll be sure to get back to you. You might also like to read about how to share Shortcuts.

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