
While the town is mostly talking about the lock screen customization offered with the new iOS 16, there are other cool things to have also been added by Apple to the home screen. And if you are deeply into customization on your iPhone, you’ll love to explore the blur effect that you can apply on the iPhone home screen. This effect lets you have a differentiating look to your home screen from the lock screen. Let’s see how you can have the Blur Home Screen on your iPhone running the new iOS 16.
How to Blur Home Screen Background Wallpaper on iPhone
Adding the blur effect to the home screen wallpaper adds a subtle cool look to the appearance. And here are the steps you need to follow to do the same on your iPhone.
Step 1: Launch the Settings app on your iPhone running iOS 16.
Step 2: Then look for te Wallpaper option and tap on it.
Step 3: On the Wallpaper Settings page, tap on the Customize option located under the Home Screen preview.
Step 4: From the popup menu, select the Customize Current Wallpaper option.

Step 5: This will bring up the customization screen. Here, tap on the Blur option located at the bottom right of the screen.
Step 6: Finally, tap on the Done option on the top right to save the changes.
And you are done with the process. You can now use your iPhone home screen with a blurred wallpaper in its background. If you wish to unblur the wallpaper, you just follow the same steps and turn off the Blur option.
Bottom Line
And there you have it! This is how simple it is to add blur to your iPhone home screen wallpaper. This is a matter of just a couple of taps to do it and it looks really nice and soothing to the eyes. There are a lot of other customization options and features in the iOS 16 you might be interested in. So, below is the list of a couple of them:
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