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iOS 16 brought some really cool and unique features to the otherwise mature and stable operating system. The ability to have the ‘Depth Effect’ in lock screen wallpapers was especially appreciated by Apple users.

As soon as the beta version was released, many started experimenting with the new feature, trying to create beautiful lock screens and sharing them with others.

While the feature in itself is great, finding wallpapers that allow and take advantage of the ‘Depth Effect’ could be a painstaking task. It isn’t perfect either.

To help you out, we’ve created this list that features some of our favorite iOS 16 ‘Depth Effect’ wallpapers that you can use on your lock screen. Click or tap on the image to enlarge.

1. Vampire Gerard:

Vampire-Gerard

2. Final Fantasy:

Final Fantasy

3. Mega Man:

Mega Man

4. Messi:

Messi

5. A dreamy sunset:

A dreamy sunset

6. Snowy peaks:

Snowy mountains

7. Spiderman:

Spiderman

8. The evil friend:

The evil friend

9. Lighthouse:

Lighthouse

10. Assassins Creed:

Assassins Creed

11. Happy Halloween:

Happy Halloween

12. Black Panther:

Black Panther

13. Jinx:

jinx

14. Roberto Clemente Bridge:

Roberto Clemente Bridge

15. The Legend Of Zelda:

The Legend Of Zelda

16. The wheel:

The wheel

17. Bali:

Bali

18. The Last of Us:

The Last of Us

19. Stray:

Stray

20. Anime girl:

Anime girl

Update 1 (November 16, 2022)

21. The Atlas:

The Atlas

22. Tree caravan:

Tree caravan

23. Pillars of Creation:

Pillars of creation

24. Shelby:

Shelby

Update 2 (November 18, 2022)

25. Fly high:

Fly high

26. Michael Myers:

Michael Myers

Update 3 (November 21, 2022)

27. Joker:

Joker

28. Lewis Hamilton:

Lewis Hamilton

Update 4 (November 22, 2022)

29. Broken:

Broken

30. Persona 5 Royal:

Persona-5-Royal

31. New Donk City:

New-Donk-City

Update 5 (November 23, 2022)

32. Dutch man:

Dutch-man

33. Evangelion:

Evangelion

Update 6 (November 24, 2022)

34. Ferrari Testarossa:

Ferrari-Testarossa

35. AOT vibe:

AOT-vibe

Update 7 (November 28, 2022)

36. Skull:

Skull

37. Richarlison’s goal:

Richarlison's-goal

38. Son of man:

Son-of-man

Update 8 (December 1, 2022)

39. Pink Land:

Pink-land

40. American Psycho:

American-psycho

Update 9 (December 6, 2022)

41. Lionel Messi:

Messi

42. Gohan:

Gohan

43. John Wick:

John-wick

Update 10 (December 8, 2022)

44. It:

It

45. Pennywise’s sister:

Pennywises-sister

46. The greats:

the-greats

Update 11 (December 13, 2022)

47. Fish tail:

Fish-tail

48. Future:

Future

49. Purple evil:

Purple-evil

Update 12 (December 16, 2022)

50. Lightning McQueen:

Lightning-McQueen

51. Audi E-Tron GT:

Audi-E-Tron-GT

52. Matsumoto Castle:

Matsumoto-Castle

Update 13 (December 19, 2022)

53. Batman:

Batman

54. Elizabeth Olsen:

Elizabeth-olsen

Update 14 (December 21, 2022)

55. Naruto:

Naruto

56. The World Cup:

The-world-cup

Update 15 (December 27, 2022)

57. Astronaut:

Astronaut

58. Seraphim:

Seraphim

Update 16 (December 29, 2022)

59. Eiffel Tower:

Eiffel-Tower

60. Ichigo:

Ichigo

61. Ghost:

Ghost

Update 17 (January 2, 2023)

62. Red hair girl:

Red-hair-girl

63. Thomas Shelby:

Thomas-shelby

64. Lavender:

Lavender

Update 18 (January 3, 2023)

65. Cyberpunk girl:

Cyberpunk-girl

66. Fancy statue:

Fancy-statue

Update 19 (January 9, 2023)

67. Tears of the Kingdom:

Tears-of-the-Kingdom

68. Minato Namikaze:

Minato-Namikaze

Update 20 (January 16, 2023)

69. Ghost of Tsushima:

Ghost-of-Tsushima

70. Miles Morales:

Miles-morales

Update 21 (January 18, 2023)

71. Shanks:

Shanks

72. Wiz kid:

Wiz-kid

Update 22 (January 20, 2023)

73. Philadelphia:

Philadelphia

74. Lighthouse:

Lighthouse

Update 23 (January 23, 2023)

75. Narcos:

Narcos

76. A350:

A350

Update 24 (January 27, 2023)

77. Santa Monica Pier:

Santa-Monica-Pier

78. Mercedes Benz:

Mercedes-Benz

Update 25 (January 30, 2023)

79. Calm winter evening:

Calm-winter-evening

80. Summer in the Dolomites:

Summer-in-the-Dolomites

Update 26 (January 31, 2023)

81. Thomas Shelby (again):

Thomas-Shelby-again

82. Horizon:

Horizon

Update 27 (February 1, 2023)

83. Cloudy mountains:

Cloudy-mountains

84. Architecture:

Architecture

Update 28 (February 2, 2023)

85. Fire Force:

Breath-of-the-wild

86. Breath of the Wild:

Fire-Force

Update 29 (February 6, 2023)

87. Audi RS5:

Audi-RS5

88. 737 MAX split winglets:

737-MAX-split-winglets

Update 30 (February 7, 2023)

89. Bridge:

Bridge

90. Saltern Study:

Saltern-study

Update 31 (February 8, 2023)

91. Suit up:

Suit-up

92. Phi Phi Island:

Phi-Phi-island

Update 32 (February 13, 2023)

93. Quezon Memorial:

Quezon-Memorial

94. Mr. Knight:

Mr-Knight

Update 33 (February 14, 2023)

95. Coast:

Coast

96. Magic portal:

Magic-portal

Update 34 (February 15, 2023)

97. Howl’s Moving Castle:

Howls-Moving-Castle

98. Frank Ocean:

Frank-Ocean

Update 35 (February 16, 2023)

99. Waves:

Waves

100. Friendly neighborhood Spiderman:

Friendly-Neighborhood-Spiderman

Update 36 (February 17, 2023)

101. Mac Miller:

Mac-Miller

102. Flower Boy:

Flower-boy

Update 37 (February 20, 2023)

103. Luffy:

Luffy

104: Darth Vader:

Darth-Vader

Update 38 (February 21, 2023)

105. Dark:

Dark

106. Space:

Space

Update 39 (February 22, 2023)

107. Nazuna:

Nazuna

108. Statue of Liberty:

Statue-Of-Liberty

Update 40 (February 27, 2023)

109. Balancing Girl:

Balancing-Girl

110. Far From Home:

Far-from-home

Update 41 (February 28, 2023)

111. Shenhe:

Shenhe

112. Kanye:

Kanye

Update 42 (March 1, 2023)

113. Lion cub:

Lion-Cub

114. Cyberpunk:

Cyberpunk

Update 43 (March 2, 2023)

115. Mandalorian:

Mandalorian

116. Red mountain:

Red-mountain

Update 44 (March 3, 2023)

117. City life:

City-life

118. Night life:

Night-life

Update 45 (March 6, 2023)

119. John Wick 4:

John-wick-4

120. Vaporwave:

Vaporwave

Update 46 (March 7, 2023)

121. Dark and beautiful:

dark-and-beautiful

122. The GOAT?:

the-goat?

Update 47 (March 10, 2023)

123. Goku:

Goku

124. Chameleon:

Chamelion

Update 48 (March 13, 2023)

125. Otherworldly:

otherworldly

126. Margot Robbie:

Margot-robbie

Update 49 (March 15, 2023)

127. One Piece Luffy:

Luffy-One-Piece

128. Zoro:

Zoro

Update 50 (March 16, 2023)

129. Better Call Saul:

Better-Call-Saul

130. Spiderman:

Spiderman

Update 51 (March 20, 2023)

131. Vegeta:

Vegeta

132. Harley Quinn:

Harley-quinn

Update 52 (March 21, 2023)

133. Kakashi:

Kakashi

134. Crops and Sky:

Crops-and-sky

Update 53 (March 23, 2023)

135. Rouge One:

Rogue-One

136. Silver Surfer:

Silver-Surfer

Update 54 (March 24, 2023)

137. Tiger:

Tiger

138. Iron Man:

Iron-man

Update 55 (March 27, 2023)

139. Sukuna:

Sukuna

140. Deku:

Deku

Update 56 (March 28, 2023)

141. AI Generated Will Smith:

AI-Will-Smith

142. Lighthouse:

Lighthouse

Update 57 (March 29, 2023)

143. Planet Kai:

Planet-Kai

144. Buddha:

Buddha

Update 58 (March 30, 2023)

145. Pretty cat:

Pretty-cat

146. Another pretty cat:

Another-Pretty-cat

Update 59 (March 31, 2023)

147. Hu Tao:

Hu-Tao

148. Otter:

Otter

Update 60 (April 3, 2023)

149. Rogue One album cover:

Rogue-One-Album-Cover

150. Another Rogue One album cover:

Rogue-One-Album-Cover-2

Update 61 (April 4, 2023)

151. Say Anything:

Say-Anything

152. Cheetah family:

Cheetah-family

Update 62 (April 5, 2023)

153. Hellraiser:

Hellraiser

154. More Hellraiser:

More-Hellraiser

Update 63 (April 7, 2023)

155. Rorschach:

Rorschach

156. Viper ACR:

Viper-ACR

Update 64 (April 10, 2023)

157. Coconut tree:

Coconut-tree

158. The Condiment King:

The-Codiment-King

Update 65 (April 12, 2023)

159. Audi R8:

Audi-R8

160. Beautiful valley:

Beautiful-valley

Update 66 (April 17, 2023)

161. Sunset:

Sunset

162. NYC:

NYC

Update 67 (April 19, 2023)

163. Kurisu:

Kurisu

164. Beautiful tree:

Beautiful-tree

Update 68 (April 24, 2023)

165. Halo:

Halo

166. Cannabis:

Cannabis

Update 69 (April 26, 2023)

167. LeBron James:

LeBron-James

168. Shenhe:

Shenhe

Update 70 (April 26, 2023)

169. Cool glasses:

Cool-glasses

170. Cool mountain:

Cool-mountain

Update 71 (May 1, 2023)

171. Velocicoaster:

Velocicoaster

172. Angry looking robots:

Angry-looking-robots

Update 72 (May 5, 2023)

173. Shimla:

Shimla

174. Cloudy hills:

Cloudy-hill

We’ll keep updating this article with more iOS 16 ‘Depth Effect’ wallpapers with time. Keep coming back for more. You can also share your finds in the comments section below.

Disclaimer: If you believe we haven’t properly credited the actual artist for any of the iOS 16 depth effect wallpapers above, feel free to reach out to us to help in rectifying the error.

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