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Friday, September 28, 2018

Do you want to want to personalize your iPhone X with a cool new iPhone X wallpaper?

A gallery of iPhone wallpapers to choose from comes with the phone, including Live, Still, and Dynamic images. However, people often want something more personal to use for their cool phone backgrounds.

If you want to hide the notch on your home and lock and screens, you should check out the app called Notch Remover which will crop all images of your choice to obscure the notch.

So let’s take a look at the most popular options for your iPhone X wallpaper.

Setting a Wallpaper

When it comes to the wallpaper settings, they remain more or less the same as with the previous iPhones and you can access them through the main Settings menu – Settings > Wallpaper.

Once you tap on Choose a New Wallpaper, you will be able to change your iOS wallpaper by selecting one from your phone or by importing a new image you’d like to use.

Built-in Wallpaper Images

Every iPhone X comes with three types of built-in wallpaper images; Dynamic, Still, and Live.

If you want to use one of the built-in Apple wallpapers, you can choose among Dynamic, Still, or Live images.

As you might have guessed by their names, the still images are static, the dynamic ones display elements that float around the screen, and the iPhone X live wallpaper animates when pressing on the screen.

Still or Perspective Format

Once you’ve found an image you like for your iPhone X background, you can choose between Still and Perspective format. If you go for the still format, the image remains static and you might want to consider using this feature when you don’t want your Live image to animate.

If you choose the Perspective format, the image will move slightly when tilting your phone.

In both cases, you can use the Preview to see if you are happy with the final effect and it so, simply tap on Set and choose where you want to use the selected wallpaper; on your home screen, lock screen, or both.

Using Your Own Pictures

Instead of using the built-in images, many people prefer their cool iPhone wallpapers to be their own images and photos. After all, what gives more of a personal touch to your Apple wallpaper than using your favorite photo?

So how do you do that? Simply tap on one of the thumbnails for your images, for example, Screenshots, Favorites, or Camera Roll. Find the image you want to use and then tap on it, choose Still or Perspective, move and scale it to fit your screen perfectly, and then simply tap on Set. Easy-peasy.

Quick Add

Quick Add is the fastest way to set cool wallpapers for iPhone. Simply select a pic in the Photos app, tap on the iOS Share icon and then tap on Use as Wallpaper. Once you’ve done that, you will be available to choose between the formats and set it for the screen of your choice.

Remove the Notch

Sometimes, even the best iPhone wallpapers don’t look exactly as good as you want them to due to the notch on iPhone X. Some people don’t care about it at all, but there are those who mind it greatly.

However, if you choose the right wallpaper, you can camouflage that notch pretty well so it will not bother you any longer.

So what is that notch and why does it exist in the first place?

You probably know about the new feature called Face ID introduced on the iPhone X. If not, well, it’s an advanced facial recognition system you can use to unlock your iPhone instead of the previously used Touch ID.

Face ID utilizes a new TrueDepth camera which needs space so Apple decided to take a part of the top of the new iPhone to fit it there. The notch is sort of a new design feature which makes iPhone X immediately identifiable.

On the other hand, the easily recognizable home button that used to be a signature design feature in the past had to be eliminated because of the all-screen design.

However, even though the notch is there for a good reason, many people don’t like the look of it and want to hide it as much as possible. You can do that by choosing some cool backgrounds for iPhone that will camouflage it or by downloading the Notch Remover app.

The Notch Remover app will cost you 99 cents and it will help you modify any image of your choice to hide the notch. Just open the app, select the image, adjust the corners between straight and rounded, save the image, and then set it as one of your iPhone X wallpapers.

How to Get and Animated Wallpaper

If you want to set a live wallpaper, you can do so with your iOS wallpaper, MacBook wallpapers, HD phone backgrounds etc. And yes, you can do it both with live photos and with the existing photos.

The Existing Photos

Open Settings App on your Apple device; go to Wallpaper > Choose a New Wallpaper; select Live and choose your newest iPhone wallpaper – one of the live ones provided by Apple. Choose Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Both and enjoy your wallpaper move.

Note: If you want your wallpaper to animate, you need to press on the screen or it will not happen.

Live Photos

For more personalization, you can take a live photo and then set it as you live iPhone wallpaper HD.

Open your Camera App in Photo Mode; turn on the Live Photo feature (you will notice a yellow circle in the top middle of your screen when this mode is on); tap on the circle you normally use to snap your shots; tap Share and choose Use as Wallpaper; preview by pressing the screen and then tap on Set to use this live image as your home screen wallpaper, lock screen wallpaper, or both.

Ending thoughts on choosing an iPhone X Wallpaper

Personalizing your phone with an iPhone X wallpaper is a fun way of making your phone unique and different. Choose from a wide variety of built-in images or snap your own shots, use Dynamic, Static, or Live images, and have fun with cool iPhone backgrounds.

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