The Apple Watch’s Portrait mode produces stunningly layered shots that appear to show the time beneath the subject or object. ..
To fix the Depth Effect not working on your Lock Screen, follow these steps: ..
iOS 16: Ways to fix the Depth Effect not working
Update your iPhone to iOS 16
If you have an iPhone that supports Depth Effect, you can update to iOS 16 to get the new feature. Note that Depth Effect is a new feature and it isn’t available on iOS 15 or earlier. ..
Remove widgets from the Lock Screen
If you have an iPhone with lock screen widgets, the layered effect won’t be visible in the Lock Screen wallpaper. Remove the lock screen widgets if you want the wallpaper effect to be more significant; then the Depth Effect will work. ..
Enable Depth Effect while adding the wallpaper
Select a wallpaper to display.
You can choose to customize the current Lock Screen or tap Add New Wallpaper. We’re picking the latter option. ..
To pick a wallpaper from your Photos app, tap Photos. Or scroll down to Collections and choose the default iOS 16 wallpaper, green pride wallpaper, or the fish wallpaper.
If you don’t see the clock behind the photo subject, tap the More button from the bottom and check Depth Effect. After this, the multilayered effect should kick in.
Finish by tapping Add > Set as Wallpaper Pair.
Reposition the wallpaper
Select a background image from your photo library. To change the background image on a per-app basis, open the app’s Settings and tap Wallpaper. ..
Customize your lock screen wallpaper by selecting a picture from a gallery and adding it to your lock screen.
Now focus your attention on the subject near the clock. Use two fingers to zoom in and out slowly. While doing that, see if the subject appears over the time indicator or not. You may have to retry this a few times to get it to work correctly. ..
Next, try dragging the image slowly using two fingers and see if the subject comes in front of the clock or not.
Final Words
With Depth Effect, you can place the subject of your photo seamlessly in front of the clock on the Lock Screen. This new multi-layered photo effect, called Depth Effect, makes it easy to see what’s important to you even when your iPhone is locked. However, because both features can’t be used simultaneously, you must unfortunately give up using Lock Screen widgets. ..
