Facebook Lock Screen Widget On iPhone In iOS 16 [How To]
Facebook Lock Screen widgets are now available for iPhone in iOS 16! All that you have to do is to update to the most recent Facebook for iOS version, in the App Store, and add the Birthdays or Top Updates glances to the Lock Screen!
Facebook Lock Screen Widgets
Meta was quick to react after Apple’s release of iOS 16 and is already providing third-party Lock Screen widgets for iPhone. You can choose from:
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Birthdays At A Glance
– Come in two sizes:
– small square showing the total number of friends celebrating their birthday today
– larger rectangle that displays the name of the birthday person.
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Top Updates
– allows you to stay up to date with the most recent notifications available on your Facebook account.
Fact: Facebook widgets for Lock Screen are only available for the lower section of the screen.
How To Add Facebook Lock Screen Widgets
- 1. Touch & hold the Lock Screen to bring up the Edit menu.
- 2. Tap Customize.
- 3. Tap the widget section available below the clock.
- 4. Scroll for Facebook in the Add Widgets section.
- 5. Swipe to check out the available glances and tap the one you want to add.
Tip: If the widget section is full, you have to remove an existing widget first.
- 6. Close the Add Widgets panel and tap Done to save your edits!
Do you find the new Facebook Lock Screen widgets useful? Which one are you using? Have any questions or suggestions? Share your feedback in the comments!
Related: Looking for more third-party widgets for iPhone Lock Screen? Click here!
CANT FIND FACEBOOK BIRTHDAY ON WIDGETS , I ONLY HAVE FACBOOK FRIEND REQUEST AND NOTIFICATION , BUT NOT BIRTHDAYS . WHAT DI I DO ?
Are you looking in the Lock Screen widgets section? You must be on Home Screen widgets panel, when taking a look at the above mentioned options.
Is there fewer options for the iPhone mini as I only have top updates widget and no others
Can you send a screenshot please to contact[at]iphonetricks.org?
When the ios16 first came out I added the Facebook widget to my Home Screen but a couple of weeks ago it disappeared and now I can’t find it. Any ideas?
Thanks for sharing this Carole. Indeed I checked it and Facebook widget is also missing from my Home Screen widgets option although the app is installed and used on my iPhone. I managed to get it back by doing the following:
1. Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage -> Facebook -> Offload App -> Reinstall app.
2. Open Facebook app.
3. Return to Home Screen enter Edit mode and Facebook widget will show up.
It’s strange not sure why this happened. Let me know if this happened for other apps too.
I don’t have the FB widget available for Lock Screen. Why?