How to Enable or Disable iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max’s ‘Always On Screen’

One of the rumors we had been chasing for years was the arrival of the Always-on-display or Always active screen function to the iPhone. Rumors evoked its arrival with the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 13. However, it will be necessary to wait for the arrival of the iPhone 14 so that it decides to integrate a long-awaited function. In fact, only users of a iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max can take advantage of always-on display, a tool that allows the user to always have information on the lock screen even if the iPhone is locked. We tell you all the details about this feature and how to manage its settings below.

What is this “always on screen” or always on display?

The Always-on Display or Always-on-Display (AOD) arrived on smartphones years ago, led by the Android operating system. However, we have discovered that evolution has paid off. Until now, this mode on Android devices was a different lock screen from usual, almost always with black and white colors in which you could see the time and other information but without any interaction.

The arrival of the iPhone 14 in this year’s September keynote revealed the arrival of the long-awaited feature. However, only the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max would be able to take advantage of it. However, the operation of this function is very different from the operation of the function on Android devices, as specified by Apple many times.

Thanks to the A16 chip and new hardware in these iOS 16 compliant iPhones, the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, when they have Always On Display, They work with a screen refresh rate of 1 Hz. This greatly reduces consumption, in addition to slightly darkening the lock screen. That’s why it’s different from the rest. It doesn’t completely change colors or anything like that. It’s simply the same lock screen but slightly grayed out.

However, these devices are smart and although the Always On Display is enabled by default on these iPhones automatically and temporarily disables in the following situations where its constant activation is not necessary:

• The iPhone is upside down.
• The iPhone is in your pocket or bag.
• Sleep mode is activated.
• Battery saving mode is on.
• The iPhone is connected to CarPlay.
• You are using the camera with the Continuity function.
• You haven’t used iPhone in a while (iPhone recognizes your activity patterns and turns the screen on and off accordingly, even if you’ve set an alarm or sleep schedule).
• iPhone detects that you have moved away from it using a paired Apple Watch (the always-on display turns on when the Apple Watch is near the iPhone again).

How to Enable Always-On Display on iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max

As mentioned, the function still showing he comes enabled by default on iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. It is likely that many are not comfortable always having the screen on at all times, so we can turn it off whenever we want.

To do this, we will have to do the following:

1. Access iOS settings
2. Click Display & Brightness
3. Search for ‘Always’ and enable or disable it depending on what we want