How to Make Notifications Easier to Read after Updating to iOS 16

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How to make your iPhone notifications more visible on iOS 16
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If you've updated to iOS 16 or haven't used an iPhone or iPad in a while, you may wonder why your notifications are at the bottom of the lock screen. With iOS 16, Apple completely redesigned the lock screen to include widgets, which meant the notifications had to be moved. While there's no way to move notifications back up to where they used to be, there is a way to make your notifications a bit more visible, and we'll teach you how to do that in this article.

Things You Should Know

  • Notifications cannot be moved back up to the top of the lock screen on iOS 16.
  • You can change your notification display to "list" instead of "stack" so your notifications are easier to read.
  • Notification display styles can be changed by going to Settings > Notifications and changing the "Display As" option.
Section 1 of 2:

Can you move notifications up on iOS 16?

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    Apple changed the lock screen quite a bit with iOS 16 , most notably moving notifications to the bottom of the screen to account for the new widgets you can place on your lock screen. [1] While they will stay at the bottom of the screen, you can change how they are displayed—if you don't like the "stack" display, you may prefer the list display, where all the notifications are shown in chronological order. [2]
    • Some users anecdotally state that the list display is easier to read and makes them less likely to miss notifications, so this may work for you as well.
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How to Make Notifications Easier to See

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    By default, it's on the home screen in the bottom-right corner.
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    This will display all of your notification options.
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    This will display your notifications in a chronological list instead of stacking them together on the lock screen .
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      References

      1. ↑ https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/
      2. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201925

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