iPhone (iOS) · Personalization
Customize how you appear on other people's incoming calls
Contact Poster lets you design a full-screen photo, Memoji, or typography treatment that appears on the recipient's screen when you call them, replacing the plain name-and-number caller ID.
How to open Contact Poster
- Open the Phone app and tap your contact card at the top of Favorites or Contacts
- Tap Contact Photo & Poster
- Choose a photo, Memoji, or a Monogram/typography style
- Adjust the layout and tap Continue, then Done to save
What you should know
- Choose a photo, Memoji, or a text-only design with custom fonts and colors
- Adjust photo filters and layout directly in the editor
- Poster syncs automatically to your Contact Card so it can also appear elsewhere, like Messages
- Recipients need a reasonably recent iOS version to see the full poster instead of a plain caller ID
Why it matters
Contact Poster is a personalization feature that changes how you appear to others rather than how your own phone looks, which is a distinct category worth understanding separately from wallpaper or icon customization. Since it's tied to your Contact Card, updating it once keeps it consistent everywhere your identity is shown to contacts. It's a lightweight way to add personality to phone calls, though it depends on the other person's device supporting the feature to display properly.
Best practices
- Pick a design with enough contrast for the name text to stay legible over the photo or color background.
- Update your poster after a significant photo change so it doesn't feel outdated.
- Preview how it looks by asking a contact with a recent iPhone to call you and check the display.
Common problems and fixes
- A recipient still sees a plain caller ID instead of your poster.
- Their device likely doesn't support Contact Posters, or hasn't been updated to a compatible iOS version; the feature gracefully falls back to standard caller ID.
- The poster doesn't update after editing.
- Confirm the change was saved to your Contact Card in the Contacts app, since Contact Poster is generated from that same card.
Tips and tricks
- Use a Memoji-based design if you'd rather not use a real photo but still want more personality than plain text.
Frequently asked questions
Do Android users see my Contact Poster?
No, Android devices display a standard caller ID rather than the full poster design.
Can I set a different poster for different contacts?
No, you have one Contact Poster that's shown consistently to everyone who calls or is called by you.
Related settings
- WallpaperWallpaper settings let you personalize your Lock Screen and Home Screen with photos, curated presets, or Photo Shuffle rotations, plus Lock Screen extras like widgets, filters, and a customizable time display.
- Home Screen & App LibraryHome Screen settings control how new apps are added and how your app pages are arranged, while App Library automatically sorts every installed app into categorized folders you can browse or search without needing a tidy Home Screen at all.
- Apple ID & iCloudThe account panel at the top of Settings is where your Apple ID lives on iPhone — your name, phone numbers, email addresses, and every iCloud service (Photos, Backup, Drive, Mail, and more) that's currently syncing to your account.
More Personalization guides for iPhone (iOS)
- Control CenterControl Center gives you one-swipe access to frequently used toggles and shortcuts — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, brightness, Flashlight, and more — and can be fully customized with the specific controls you personally rely on.
- Lock Screen & StandByStandBy turns your iPhone into a glanceable bedside display of clocks, widgets, and Live Activities whenever it's charging and turned sideways, while Lock Screen settings control what you see without unlocking the device at all.
- Home Screen WidgetsWidgets show live, glanceable information from an app directly on the Home Screen or Today View, in small, medium, large, or Smart Stack sizes.
- Display ZoomDisplay Zoom scales the entire interface larger (Zoomed) or shows more content at once (Standard), changing the effective size of icons, text, and controls together.
- Action ButtonOn iPhone 15 Pro and later, the Action Button replaces the mute switch and can be assigned to trigger Silent Mode, Camera, Flashlight, a Shortcut, Accessibility features, and more with a press-and-hold.
- Back Tap GesturesBack Tap lets a double or triple tap on the back of the iPhone launch an action or Shortcut, without touching the screen or any physical button.