How to Create Custom iPhone Wallpapers in iOS 27

How to Create Custom iPhone Wallpapers in iOS 27 iOS 27 adds two genuinely different ways to create custom iPhone wallpapers: one that generates a brand-new image from a text description, and one that expands an existing photo to fit the Lock Screen naturally. This is a pre-release guide to both. The step sequences are reconstructed from WWDC materials, Apple developer documentation, and pre-release reporting; exact UI labels may shift before the final build ships this fall. If you want a wallpaper you couldn't photograph, use Image Playground to generate one from scratch. If you already have a photo that keeps getting cropped in the wrong place, use the photo extension tool to let Apple Intelligence fill in the edges. Both paths start from the same place in Settings. Before you start: device eligibility and availability Neither tool works without Apple Intelligence. According to Apple's WWDC announcement this week, access arrives this fall with iOS 27 for users who enable Apple Inte