Change lock screen features
Use these options to control what content and features appear on your lock screen.
You can also control when your screen locks.
Turn Glance content off/on
Glance provides quick access to a wide variety of information without having to unlock your screen.
Turn Glance off
To remove this content from your lock screen:
Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.
Or, on your lock screen, touch
- Turn it off
Turn Glance on
- Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.
Turn it on
You'll see notifications on your lock screen as a chip. Tap the chip to browse notifications.
If you want to change how your notifications appear:
- To see Peek Display notifications that fade in and out, you can use them as well as seeing Glance content. Just turn on Peek Display.
- To see notifications as a list instead of chip, you must turn Glance off. Then reset your notification style.
Customize the content and other settings
Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.
Turn Glance content off/on
Glance provides quick access to a wide variety of information without having to unlock your screen.
Turn Glance off
To remove this content from your lock screen:
Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.
Or, on your lock screen, touch
- Turn it off
Turn Glance on
- Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.
Turn it on
You'll see notifications on your lock screen as a chip. Tap the chip to browse notifications.
If you want to change how your notifications appear:
- To see Peek Display notifications that fade in and out, you can use them as well as seeing Glance content. Just turn on Peek Display.
- To see notifications as a list instead of chip, you must turn Glance off. Then reset your notification style.
Customize the content and other settings
Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.
Limit lock screen notifications
Control which notifications appear
You can turn off notifications for your lock screen, or choose between showing some or all content:
- Go to Settings > Display.
- Tap Lock screen > Privacy.
Select whether or not to show notifications.
If you show notifications but hide sensitive content, then you'll receive notifications for incoming emails or chats, but they won't include message details.
Choose between icons or summary list
If you're allowing notifications to appear on your lock screen, you can display them in a list, where you can preview the content. Or, to keep them more private, you can just show a chip of icons for the apps that have sent notifications; touch the chip to see the full list.
- Go to Settings > Display > Lock screen.
- Tap Notification Style.
Choose one:
- To see notifications as a list with details, select List.
- To see only icons and touch them to see the list of notifications, select Chip.
Make clock smaller
- Go to Settings > Display > Lock screen.
- Turn Double-line clock off
Add message to lock screen
To add your name or a short message to your lock screen for anyone who finds your phone:
- Go to Settings > Display > Lock screen.
- Tap Text on lock screen.
- Type the text to display and tap Save.
Control access to your wallet
To allow or prevent access to your Wallet without unlocking your phone:
- Go to Settings > Display > Lock screen.
- Turn Show wallet on
Show and control smart devices
If you have Google Home devices (lights, cameras, thermostats), you can monitor and control them from the lock screen:
- Go to Settings > Display > Lock screen.
To add them to your lock screen, turn Show device controls on
This allows you to review their controls from the lock screen, but you'll have to unlock to adjust their settings.
- If you also want to be able to adjust their controls without unlocking, turn Control from locked device on