With a new live activity in iOS 17.4, you can pause your stopwatch, reset it or start a new lap right from your iPhone’s Lock Screen or Dynamic Island.
iOS 17.4 brings stopwatch controls to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island [u]
Dynamic Island
Starting with the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, Apple ditched the notch and adopted a new pill-style cut-out for the TrueDepth camera system on the front of the device. It stands out from similar designs in the Android space thanks to fun and quirky animated widgets that adapt to whatever you’re doing.
VisibleIsland and mineland jailbreak tweaks move the Dynamic Island below the notch on unsupported devices
If you’ve ever used something such as DynamicCowTS to enable the Dynamic Island user experience on unsupported older notched iPhones, then you may have noticed how it doesn’t exactly align well with the notch despite working correctly. Specifically, it overlaps the notch halfway, blocking some of it from view.
DynamicCowTS enables the Dynamic Island on notched iOS 16 devices via TrollStore 2
Almost a year ago, iOS developer matteozappia discovered a way to enable the Dynamic Island on notched iPhones running iOS 16.0-16.1.2 via the MacDirtyCow exploit.
ControlBar is a new music menu bar app for iPhones running iOS 17
If you’re interested in a new way to control your music playback starting with iOS 17, then a new app called ControlBar by iOS developer @Taher_Dev might be of interest to you.
Canvas add-on for MacDirtyCow & kfd lets you change display resolution & enable Dynamic Island
If you’re still clinging onto an older iPhone and you’re starting to feel nervous that your handset doesn’t look as good as all those shiny new iPhone 14 devices in circulation these days, then a new add-on called Canvas by iOS developer ChromiumCandy may be able to help.
Google Maps testing navigation directions on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island
Google Maps is testing a new navigation experience with turn-by-turn directions via Live Activities on the iPhone's Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
Rumor: iPhone 15 Pros getting thinner screen bezels and a titanium frame
The iPhone 15 Pros could get a stronger, lighter titanium frame and visibly thinner screen bezels on the sides for an even more seamless display design.
This is the year the standard iPhone 15 models will trade in the notch for the Dynamic Island
This year's upcoming iPhone refresh will bring the Dynamic Island to all four models, including the standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.
Reasons why Apple is moving the iPhone 15’s proximity sensor to the Dynamic Island
Aside from manufacturing and cost-cutting purposes, fitting a proximity sensor within the Dynamic Island area on the iPhone 15 series could have other benefits.
Create and use custom Live Activities on iOS 16 with the ActivityBuilder app
Live Activities are a feature introduced by Apple in iOS 16 to make your iPhone display useful information via the Lock Screen. Live Activities are interactive notifications that may show information such as your Uber progress, sports scores, or a wide array of other information types.
Island upgrades the Dynamic Island experience and ports it to jailbroken iOS & iPadOS 14-16 devices
The Dynamic Island is one of the most distinguishable differences between the iPhone 14 Pro lineup and all prior handset models. This handy feature utilizes the area surrounding the TrueDepth camera system to display useful information about what’s happening on your device, such as Now Playing media, Personal Hotspot connectivity, and active Screen Recordings, among other things.
DynamicCow enables the Dynamic Island on all iOS 16.0-16.1.2 devices with no jailbreak
Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are the company’s only handsets that natively support the Dynamic Island feature, and while a jailbreak tweak dubbed Dynamic Peninsula could bring a similar experience to notched devices, not everyone currently has access to a jailbreak — especially if they’re using iOS 16.