How to Change Wallpaper Automatically on iPhone and iPad?

Almost all of us aspire to easily and frequently change the wallpapers of both the Home Screen and Lock Screen on our iPhones. While the iPhone’s settings allow us to add and adjust wallpapers, it can still be quite cumbersome. How can we automatically set newly saved images as wallpapers? How can we have the iPhone randomly select a photo from our favorites as the wallpaper? Moreover, is there a way to set the latest updated image as the wallpaper without manually saving it to iPhone Photos? Our app, Boring Day, provides a convenient solution to meet these requirements.

You can now use Boring Day app to enable wallpaper auto-change on your iPhone and iPad, and it’s FREE! Introducing newly added “Tools” page on the Boring Day app, which conveniently located in the taskbar on the bottom centre of the app interface. Users can now automate the process of changing their current wallpaper through Shortcuts, eliminating the need to manually open the app and navigate through tedious settings.

The “Tools” page currently offers four options for selection:

  1. Daily Surprise: Receive the latest issue of the Collection, choose a random wallpaper, and automatically set it as both the Lock Screen and Home Screen wallpaper.
  2. Change Mood: Randomly select a wallpaper from “My Favorites” and automatically set it as the wallpaper. This feature is exclusively available to subscribed users.
  3. Random One Favorite: Randomly select a wallpaper from “My Favorites” and automatically set it as the wallpaper. This feature is exclusively available to subscribed users.
  4. Latest Download: Automatically set the most recently downloaded picture in Photos as the wallpaper.

You may feel free to choose based on your needs and preferences, there also exists a “Setup Tutorial” button in the top right corner.

How to Use “Tools”? / How to Set up Wallpaper Auto Changing? / Setup Tutorial

*Requires iOS 16 or above.

Users can automatically change their current wallpaper through Shortcuts without the need to open the app and go through tedious settings.

Step 1: Install the Shortcut

Open Boring Day and go to “Tools” page in the bottom center. Select the desired shortcut to add. We hereby choose Random One Favorite as an example:

Click on Random One Favorite and then select Set Up Shortcut, you may find it in the list of All Shortcuts.

Step 2: Setup Automatically Change Wallpaper

Open Shortcuts app and select Automation Tap the + button in the top right corner to create a personal automation. You can choose from Time of Day, Sleep or Alarm. Select Time of Day and set the desired time. Disable the Ask Before Running notification and choose Run Immediately. Click Next to proceed.

Select Random One Favorite from My Shortcuts and complete the setup.

FAQ:

Q: Why doesn’t my current wallpaper update after set it up and clicked it?

A: If you have multiple wallpapers set on your iPhone, you need to manually select which one you want the shortcut to replace. Here’s how:

1. Open the Shortcuts app and long-press the corresponding shortcut.

2. Click on Edit.

3. Select Wallpaper 33 (the number may vary).

4. In the pop-up window, choose the wallpaper you currently use on your phone and click Done.

Now, the shortcut will automatically update your current wallpaper without affecting the others.

More Automation Suggestions from Boring Day:

  • Add the wallpaper-changing shortcut action to a home screen widget for manual wallpaper changes.
  • Set up location or Wi-Fi triggers to automatically change the wallpaper when you arrive at a specific place.
  • Use NFC stickers to automate wallpaper changes by simply tapping your phone on a designated spot.
  • Setup separate shortcuts for lock screen and home screen wallpapers. After downloading a wallpaper, choose whether to set it as the lock screen or home screen wallpaper using the widget.
  • Manage your favorite Boring Day wallpapers in a specific album and use Shortcuts to manually or automatically select wallpapers to change from that album.

Learn More

Setup Tutorial (neuronlabs.art)

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