Change wallpaper on your Pixel phone

You can change the background images on your phone's Home screens and lock screens. You can choose from your own photos or use images that come on your phone, including images that change automatically.

Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 10 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.

Change wallpapers

1. On your phone's Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
2. Tap Styles & wallpapers. If you don't see "Styles & wallpapers," tap Wallpapers.
3. Pick your wallpaper.
   • To use your own image, tap My photos.
   • To use a curated image, tap a category  an image.
   • Pixel 2 & later: To use a live wallpaper, tap Come Alive or Living Universe  a wallpaper. If needed, tap Download .
   • Pixel 4 only: To interact with your wallpaper with Motion Sense, first set up Live Wallpaper. Tap Come Alive  a wallpaper  Download .
4. At the bottom, tap Set wallpaper or Done .
5. If available, pick which screen(s) show the wallpaper.

Change Home screen styles (Pixel 2 & later)

To pick your Home screen's fonts, icons shapes, and colors:

1. On your phone’s Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
2. Tap Styles & wallpapers.
3. At the bottom, tap Style.
4. Choose a style, or make a custom style.
   • Optional: To use your current wallpaper with your new style, tap Keep current wallpaper.
5. Tap Apply or Done .

Change Home screen grid (Pixel 3 & later)

To pick the grid size on your Home screen:

1. On your phone’s Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
2. Tap Styles & wallpapers.
3. At the bottom, tap Grid.
4. Choose a grid size.
5. Tap Done .

Use a daily wallpaper (Pixel 4 & earlier)

1. On your phone's Home screen, touch and hold an empty space.
2. Tap Styles & Wallpapers.
3. Choose a wallpaper category.
   • Daily wallpaper doesn't work with your personal photos or live wallpapers.
4. Tap Daily wallpaper.

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