Learn how to add widgets to your iPad Lock Screen in both landscape and portrait mode to access essential information without unlocking your device.
How to add, use, and remove Lock Screen widgets on iPad

Learn how to add widgets to your iPad Lock Screen in both landscape and portrait mode to access essential information without unlocking your device.
If you’re a chronic Focus mode user on your iPhone or iPad and you don’t enjoy seeing the Focus mode indicator on your Lock Screen every time you use your device, then you might take an interest in a newly released and free jailbreak tweak called NoFocusIndicatorOnLS by iOS developer P2KDev.
Great news for anyone who might be using a rootless jailbreak on iOS 15 or 16, and I’m talking about Dopamine and palera1n jailbreak users… iOS developer AnthoPak has just updated his popular LastLook always-on display jailbreak tweak to support the latest tools and the rootless dynamic.
If you’re a fan of the new Lock Screen editing features on iOS 16, but you’re using a jailbroken iOS 12-15 device, then you might be wondering what you can do to get similar editing features on your device right now without upgrading. That’s especially going to be the case if you’re happily jailbroken already.
Just last year, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called PinAnim by iOS developer sourcelocation that would animate the dots on the Lock Screen’s passcode entry interface such that they’d bounce, one after another, when entering your passcode.
Just under two months ago, we showed you a jailbreak tweak called Nexus by iOS developer iCraze that mimics an iOS 16-style Lock Screen on older version(s) of iOS.
We’ve shown off several jailbreak tweaks recently that completely disable the Lock Screen’s Quick Action buttons or hide them out of view, but for anyone who actually does make use of them, iOS developer NoisyFlake is out with a new add-on that can make using them a little easier.
The rumored new grid view for iPhone wallpapers in iOS 17 will let you select one or more thumbnails to quickly delete or share multiple wallpapers at once.
Having the same Lock Screen customization options on the iPhone and iPad will be especially important when sharing your Lock Screen design presets.
The Lock Screen is a barrier between your smartphone’s contents and the outside world, but it’s also the very first thing you see every time you grab your device. That’s why Apple made Quick Actions to lend fast access to the Camera and Flashlight directly from the Lock Screen.
New features in Apple's iOS 17 update should let you adjust font size on the Lock Screen, share custom Lock Screens designs with other iPhone users and more.
Lots of people would agree that it’s useful to have app shortcuts on the Lock Screen. After all, it’s that sentiment that made older jailbreak tweaks such as Jellyfish so popular back in the day.