How to make iOS 17 Contact Posters: personalize your iPhone contact card for others to see

May 15, 2023

Customize your iOS 17 Contact Poster.

iOS 17 is finally here, after its reveal at WWDC 2023, and one of the big changes to the iOS experience is in contact card customization in the Phone app.

iOS 17 Contact Posters are the new way to customize your iPhone and the feature takes inspiration from everything that made the Lock Screen changes in iOS 16 so much fun.

In this how-to, you’ll learn how to customize your iOS 17 Contact Poster so that whenever you call your friends or family, they see your personality shine through.

Here's how to customize your iOS 17 Contact Poster.

Beta software, also referred to as a preview, seed, or release candidate, is a version of software that's still under development and not yet released to the public. This software is intended only for installation on development devices registered under your Apple Developer Program membership. Registered development devices can be upgraded to future beta releases and the public version of the software. Attempting to install beta software in an unauthorized manner violates Apple policy and could render your device unusable and necessitate an out-of-warranty repair. Make sure to back up your devices before installing beta software and install only on devices and systems that you’re prepared to erase if necessary.

iOS 17 is only available as a developer beta at the time of writing. Here's how to install it.

Apple says that Contact Posters on iOS 17 provide a "new way for users to express themselves. Users can customize how they appear, bringing a completely new look to incoming calls, and choose beautiful treatments for photos or Memoji, as well as eye-catching typography and font colors. Contact Posters will also be available for third-party calling apps."

That's all there is to it. Now every time you phone a friend, this full-screen iOS 17 Contact Poster will greet them. I can't wait to see how people customize their Contact Poster so that every phone call is a surprise.

Contact Posters on iOS 17 aren't just for yourself. You can also edit the Contact Poster for your friends and family so that when they call, you see what YOU want to see, not what they want you to see. Here's how to do it.

Playing around with iOS 17 Contact Posters has been a blast in my testing with it so far. This is the kind of new feature that everyone will get involved with, and we’ll see viral uses pop up across social media. This is the first time since the launch of iOS that incoming calls take full advantage of the beautiful touchscreen on your iPhone - and I really love it.

Of course, iOS 17 is still in development, and I’d advise you to wait until at least the Public Beta launches next month before installing iOS 17 to play with Contact Posters on your personal device. It could also be refined as we get new betas over the coming months. That being said, when you do install iOS 17, Contact Posters will be a highlight as you make whacky, beautiful, and even ridiculous images for your contacts.

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John-Anthony Disotto is the How To Editor of iMore, ensuring you can get the most from your Apple products and helping fix things when your technology isn't behaving itself.Living in Scotland, where he worked for Apple as a technician focused on iOS and iPhone repairs at the Genius Bar, John-Anthony has used the Apple ecosystem for over a decade and prides himself in his ability to complete his Apple Watch activity rings.John-Anthony has previously worked in editorial for collectable TCG websites and graduated from The University of Strathclyde where he won the Scottish Student Journalism Award for Website of the Year as Editor-in-Chief of his university paper. He is also an avid film geek, having previously written film reviews and received the Edinburgh International Film Festival Student Critics award in 2019. John-Anthony also loves to tinker with other non-Apple technology and enjoys playing around with game emulation and Linux on his Steam Deck.

In his spare time, John-Anthony can be found watching any sport under the sun from football to darts, taking the term "Lego house" far too literally as he runs out of space to display any more plastic bricks, or chilling on the couch with his French Bulldog, Kermit.

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