Track your journey, get updated ETAs and see where to make your next trip with Google Maps—right on your iPhone’s lock screen, without opening the app.
Google Maps is gaining proper lock screen directions with Live Activities support
Live Activities
Create and use custom Live Activities on iOS 16 with the ActivityBuilder app
Live Activities are a feature introduced by Apple in iOS 16 to make your iPhone display useful information via the Lock Screen. Live Activities are interactive notifications that may show information such as your Uber progress, sports scores, or a wide array of other information types.
How to get more frequent Live Activity updates on iPhone
Learn how to enable more frequent Live Activity updates to receive even more timely updates from your favorite food, cab, sports, and other apps on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island of your iPhone or iPad.
A list of iPhone apps that support Live Activities and Dynamic Island
Your iPhone can display live data right on the lock screen. Consult this list to find out whether your favorite apps have added support for this new Apple feature in iOS 16.
The Live Activities lock screen feature won’t be available at iOS 16 launch
Apple's cool new Live Activities feature won't be ready for prime time when iOS 16 launches this fall, but the company promises it'll arrive later in 2022.
iOS 16 Live Activities for the Lock Screen now available for developers with latest beta
While iOS 16 is bringing with it a lot of different changes and new additions, one of the biggest focal points for Apple is the Lock Screen. Obviously the new widgets that can be implemented is a highlight, but so is a brand new feature called Live Activities. At face value, it's all about giving the user even more easily digestible information.