Lock screen notifications on iOS 16: Count, Stack or List

If you use your Apple smartphone updated to iOS 16 have or a iPhone 14 Plus or iPhone 14 Pro (Max) is used, you will see notifications and messages collected as a "stack" at the bottom of the lock screen by default. With "Count" there is an even more unobtrusive design to only show the amount of messages. If you want the lock screen notifications on iOS 16 to be full screen again like they were on iOS 15 or earlier systems, then List is the best option. Where to choose? I'll show you how in this guide!

As of iOS 16, notifications and messages on the Apple iPhone's lock screen can only be displayed as a number, clearly as a stack, or as a list that fills the screen. Settings notifications
As of iOS 16, notifications and messages on the Apple iPhone's lock screen can only be displayed as a number, clearly as a stack, or as a list that fills the screen.

iOS 16 Guide: Notifications on the lock screen as a list, stack or count

Of course, the way to the three options leads you via the settings of your Apple iPhone. There you can select the three display options and other features in the menu for the notifications. And this is how you do it:

  1. Opens the Settings on the Apple iPhone with iOS 16
  2. Choose from the many menu items Messages from
  3. Now tap on one of the three options with a pictogram preview at the top
You can select the display options for notifications on the lock screen from iOS 16 via Settings -> Notifications, where there are also other interesting features.
You can select the display options for notifications on the lock screen from iOS 16 via Settings -> Notifications, where there are also other interesting features.

More notifications settings: scheduled overview, previews and sharing

As you can see on the screenshot, in Settings -> Notifications you will find other useful functions for displaying messages and notifications on the iPhone lock screen or during active use of the device. Although these are not new with iOS 16, they should not go unmentioned here. These are the following features:

  • Planned overview: Notifications are only displayed / updated at individually set times so that you are not distracted by them as often
  • Show previews: Notification content, such as a preview of a Messenger message, an iMessage, or the text of an app notification, can never be displayed, only displayed when the device is unlocked, or always
  • Screen sharing: When sharing the screen via Screen Sync or SharePlay, notifications (at the top of the screen) can be turned off as well as turned on
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