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

Not all carriers and countries support this feature.

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:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.

    Or, on your lock screen, touch up arrow, then touch more options icon > settings icon.

  2. Turn it off .

Turn Glance on

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen > Glance.

  2. Turn it on .

    You'll see notifications on your lock screen as a chip. Tap the chip to browse notifications.

    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.

Change how notifications look and work

Turn off or limit notifications

To turn off notifications for your lock screen (sleep mode and awake mode), or to choose between showing some or all content:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen.
  2. Tap Lock screen > Privacy.

  3. 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.

To turn off notifications in sleep mode but see them in awake mode:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Tap Sleep display, then turn Always On Display off .
  3. Tap Privacy and choose Show all notifications on lock screen.

To have the screen stay black when notifications arrive:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Turn Wake screen for notification off .

Change notification style

These are your choices for displaying notifications on your lock screen:

  1. Bubbles: See notifications bundled by app. Tap a bubble to preview an app’s notifications.
  2. Chip: See which apps have notifications. Tap the chip to see all notifications.
  3. List: See notifications as a list with details.

To change styles:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Tap Notification Style.
  3. Choose a new style.

Hide or show notification actions

If you don’t want to see and use actions on notifications (like Reply, Archive):

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Turn Sleep mode interactions off .

Set whether unlocking is needed for replies

To prevent others from using your phone, when you use an action (like Reply) from a notification, you need to unlock the phone before replying.

To allow replies or other actions from notifications without unlocking:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Turn Safe reply off .

Set gestures for turning screen on/off

When the screen is off (black), you can always press the Power button to see the lock screen. You can also use these other gestures.

Tap or move phone to show interactive sleep display

Set your phone to wake the sleep display with a tap or gesture for a quick glance while it's lying on a flat surface.

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Tap Wake display and select gestures to wake the display.

Tap twice to go directly to lock screen

When your screen is off (dark), you can skip sleep mode and go directly to awake mode on the lock screen by tapping the screen twice. To set this up:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Tap Jump to lock screen and turn Use jump to lock screen on .

Tap twice to turn screen off

To turn the screen off and lock the phone from any screen:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Tap Put display to sleep and turn it on .

Make clock smaller

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. 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:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Tap Text on lock screen.
  3. Type the text to display and tap Save.
TipDon't put your mobile number as contact info on your lock screen unless you can access your voicemail from another device.

Control access to your wallet

To allow or prevent access to your Wallet without unlocking your phone:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.
  2. Turn Show wallet on or off .

Show and control smart devices

If you have Google Home devices (lights, cameras, thermostats), you can monitor and control them from the lock screen:

  1. Go to Settings > Home & lock screen > Lock screen.

  2. 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.

  3. If you also want to be able to adjust their controls without unlocking, turn Control from locked device on .