How to set Dynamic Wallpapers for Day + Night

Dark Mode is great, but wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to have an entirely different wallpaper when Dark Mode was enabled as to the one you have when Light Mode is enabled? With this easy-to-follow iPhone tutorial you'll be able to get that set up and working in no time - a different wallpaper for daytime and a different one for nighttime! You can even decide if you want this to apply to your Lock Screen, Home Screen or both.

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[BlackopsUSN]

This is interesting but it would be kool if the wallpaper can change from light to dark when you enable dark mode manually

[AlllineSea]

This is absolutely amazing! It works very well if you understand it.

For those having problems, you must add the picture to your album and if you want that specific picture, no other pictures can be in that album. You also cannot DELETE the photo after you have set the animation on shortcuts, if you do then the photo will be removed from all albums including on your iPhone and it will say an error because there is no photo to insert.
A mistake i made personally was to turn off the blur and keep on “crop to size” ( I believe its what it said) it accidentally blurred the photo and it wasn’t clear and just looked blank.
As this video was made 2 years ago the iOS is very different. If you are reading this and you have iOS 17+ you should already know we now can edit our wallpaper differently. But there is no problem with that. You can just click the whatever wallpaper slide and everything should be fine.

Hope this helps!

[Novarde]

Finally a simple explanation! Worked right away and showed me better how the shortcuts and automations work (I was wondering for a while now, but everyone explaining made it sound like magic 😅) Thanks so much! Looking forward to more from you!

[carlosd.villanuevaa.]

This is amazing! Indeed it does make your iPhone feel more alive! Thank you Jacob!

[mooglecrooks]

This is wonderful! I was so annoyed- even though I wish it was part of iOS 16 inherently, the shortcuts app certainly comes in handy- and more so, you’re help in getting us all on the right track. Thank you so much!

[Milanman]

I was wondering if I could do this, thanks for the easy to follow guide mate :)

[Rikegile]

I missed the light and dark mode wallpapers back on 14 iOS

[jofernandez]

Amazing, but is there a way where you just set your dark mode anytime to change the wallpaper to dark?

[DracFong]

This is amazing! Thank you for posting it. Is there a way we can set up automatic wallpaper adjustments? Or a prompt to ajust them every time they change? Context is that some of my automated wallpapers need to be cropped or zoomed out so they fit nicely, that is my problem. Cheers

[uewgpes]

Nothing happens, the application writes to me "an error has occurred". When I turn on dark mode, nothing happens((( How do I fix it?

[stretchmcketch]

Hi,
Shortcuts do not appear on my Apple Watch se (2022).
I’m running the latest software on both phone and watch but nothing.
The toggle for show on watch is selected. Have you any ideas why they won’t appear?

[jellomonster]

Hmmm what if yours isn't working. I'm trying this out but I may be glitching because I tried 3 and it only changes the wallpaper when I do it manually.

[hermanboel]

I followed your instructions to the letter on an iPhone 13 iOS16, but I get an error message saying "Background picture cannot be set". The images have the exact same size as the screen size of the phone. Any ideas why it does not work?

[jerated]

thanks for the tutorial. any way to change the font on the lock screen?

[ianlewis]

Unfortunately, I am still getting the notification "Please provide an image to set as a wallpaper". I have followed the video step by step but it is still not working. Any help would be super appreciated!

[HACKERoo]

For me it does not really work, because it asks me to choose from the album every time, even if the album only has one image

[themastangboi]

could you do this for days of the week?

[damilaremogaji]

This is amazing, can I do this too on android (google pixel) ?

[Ronin_Noir]

I remember the Samsung Galaxy 2 had an amazing Live feature for its wallpaper, the wallpaper changed throughout the day and night and for sunrise and set. I’m trying to find a similar wallpaper for IPhone.

[spldan]

Works really well. Only problem I’m having is it now automatically blurs the Home Screen but the Lock Screen is fine. How do I change it so it doesn’t automatically blur the Home Screen?