About your lock screen
The lock screen appears when you power on your phone or while the screen is locked. The lock screen has a sleep mode and an awake mode.
Sleep mode
When your phone has been inactive, the screen times out (goes black). If you lift, tap, or move the phone sideways on a surface, or when a notification comes in, the screen goes into sleep mode and shows essential information:
- Time
- Date
- Notification icons that let you peek at messages
- Battery level
If you're playing media, the media player also appears in sleep mode, so you can control what's playing without fully waking the screen.
Awake mode
Your wallpaper and screen are fully illuminated in awake mode. Your lock screen goes into awake mode when you:
- Touch a notification icon
- Press the Power button
What you can do from the lock screen
In awake mode, you can:
- Make an emergency call. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
- View and respond to notifications. Double touch one to open it.
- Open quick settings. Swipe down from top of the screen for your top four settings and notifications, then swipe again to see the rest.
- Start a voice command. Swipe up diagonally from either bottom corner.
- Go into Lockdown. Temporarily turn off notifications and fingerprint unlocking.
You can customize your lock screen to add a message and control what content and features appear.