Samsung One UI is known for customization and it has some amazing Lock Screen customization options which let you do much more than just unlock your phone. You can add different app shortcuts, contact information, and widgets, as well as customize the clock, notifications, and much more.

If you are among the people who like to personalize their phones with different elements, you should definitely check out these eight smart One UI 5.1 Lock Screen features.

One UI 5.1 Lock Screen features

Change Lock Screen Wallpaper:

Tap and hold your phone’s lock screen to open a live preview of your lock screen. Tap the “Wallpaper” button in the top-left corner to change your lock screen wallpaper.

You can choose a wallpaper from one of the default categories on the following page, or select an image from your Gallery. Once finalized, tap the “Done” option to apply the changes.

Add filter to Lock Screen Wallpaper:

Samsung offers you a variety of filters that you can apply on the lock screen wallpaper. At the bottom of the Lock Screen preview, there’s a “Filter” option. Tap on it and you will see some great filters.

Lock Screen Widgets:

Head over to the “Lock Screen settings” on your Galaxy phone and tap on the “Widgets” option. Now simply, turn the “toggle on” for the widget you want to see on the lock screen.

You can also reorder the widgets by tapping the “Reorder” option in the top right corner. Simply, tap and hold the widget you want to shift and arrange them according to your preferences.

• Related: How to add One UI 5.1 Battery widget on lock screen

Personalize Lock Screen Clock Widget:

Tap the Clock Widget on the live preview of your lock screen to unlock customization options. Select one of the five analog and digital clock styles from the pop-up window.

If you choose a digital clock, you can change its font by tapping the six available options at the top of the pop-up window. You can also change the clock color from the bottom bar or let One UI automatically adjust the color based on your wallpaper by choosing the first option.

If you want, you can resize the clock widget by dragging one of the four corners. Once you are satisfied with the result, tap on “Done” to apply changes in real.

Customize Lock Screen Notifications:

On the live preview of your phone’s lock screen, tap on the Notification icons, and the customization options will appear. Select one of the three notification styles from the following pop-up: None, Icon only, or Details.

If you choose Details, the following customization options will appear:

• “Adjust the transparency” of the notification using the slider in the pop-up window.
• Enable the “Auto-reverse text color” option if you want One UI to automatically adjust the notification text color based on the wallpaper for improved visibility.
• Finally, tap “Done to apply your customizations to the lock screen.

Add Lock Screen Contact Information:

Again, open the live preview of your phone’s lock screen through Settings. Tap on the “Contact Infomation” option at the bottom of the screen. Enter the contact information you wish to display on the lock screen in the following pop-up.

You can add a phone number, email address, or others as well as add emojis to the text. For example, I wrote “SammyFans” with two Blue hearts. Once done, tap “Done”.

Lock Screen Shortcuts:

The Phone and Camera app icons that appear on the bottom corners of the lock screen are shortcuts. You can them if as per your preferences. To do so, open the Lock Screen settings and tap on any of the shortcuts.

You can select the app installed on your device as well as go for useful functions like Flashlight, Bixby wakeup, Do not disturb, and more. Do the same with another shortcut. Tap the “Done” option when completed.

Use Good Lock’s LockStar module:

If you are not satisfied with the above-mentioned stock lock screen customization options, install the Good Lock’s LockStar module for further personalization capabilities.

Open the module and enable lock screen customization on the following screen by tapping on the toggle in the top-left. Now tap on the lock screen to open a live preview with the customization features.

Here, you can select the element you want to customize and drag it anywhere on the screen to change its location. If you want, you can remove unwanted elements by tapping the “X” button in the top-right corner of the selection.

However, if you accidentally remove an element, tap the empty area in its previous position to open a pop-up menu including elements you can add to the area.

Change the appearance of the lock icon at the top of the screen, the clock widget, the shortcuts, or the toast by selecting the element and then tapping the icon with four squares in the bottom-left corner of the selection.

There are more Clock faces, the ability to add up to 6 app shortcuts, the ability to add Stickers, and more. After you complete the customization, select the “Save” button in the top-right corner to apply the changes.

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The Korean software already lets you play with different kinds of lock screen notification settings, such as show or hide content, Alert and Silent notification, and others. Meanwhile, the new One UI 5.1 software installs a new “Show content when unlocked” option to the Lock screen notification settings.

This is a toggle (spotted by V3trox360) that when enabled will show you hidden information content when your Galaxy smartphone detects your face. As you can see in the video in the below-mentioned tweet, the Galaxy S23 smartphone is automatically showing the hidden notification content as soon as the face of the user gets recognized.

In One UI 5.1 when you enable option to hide notification content on lockscreen it will be displayed again after your face is recognized pic.twitter.com/dAEb5SUftZ

— V3trox360 (@Vetrox360) February 9, 2023

The ‘Show content when unlocked’ option will come in very handy when you want to hide your notification content on the lock screen so that no one can penetrate your privacy, at the same time, want to view them without making an effort to unlock your phone and open notification panel.

To use this feature on your One UI 5.1 smartphone of Galaxy S23, all you need to do it open your phone’s “Settings” and enter the “Notifications” section. Now tap on the “Lock screen notification” option and you will see a new “Show content when unlocked” toggle. Just turn it on and it’s done!

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