Every year, Samsung releases new wallpaper options to give your Galaxy phone’s home or lock screen a new look. But now, with the introduction of Galaxy AI, you don’t just choose wallpapers – you create them. Thanks to the new Generative Wallpaper feature, this guide will walk you through creating AI-powered wallpapers that will make your device truly yours.
How Generative Wallpaper works on your Galaxy phone
Built into the Wallpaper and Style section, Generative Wallpaper offers multiple categories and templates with customizable presets ranging from colors to textures and backgrounds. Using different combinations of prompts, you can create unique wallpapers for your home and lock screens. Here are some of the Generative Wallpaper templates you can use:
- Imaginary
- Night
- painting
- terrain
- mineral
- Bright
- Blur
- Translucent
- Bloom
Although you can repeat the same prompts over and over, new wallpapers are generated after each one, creating an endless supply of new AI wallpapers. Each AI wallpaper generated also includes a watermark of a Galaxy AI icon, displayed as small twinkling stars of varying sizes in the bottom left corner.
How to create AI wallpapers on your Galaxy phone
If you have a compatible device (see the list below), you can easily create an AI wallpaper on your Samsung Galaxy phone using the Generative Wallpaper feature. Just follow these steps:
- Unlock your phone and go to the home screen or lock screen.
- Long press in an empty area of your screen.
- Tap the Wallpaper and style Symbol, then Change background images.
- Choose Generative in the “Creative” area.
- Select a Template card.
- Tap the Prompts highlighted to open options.
- When you’re done, tap Generate and wait until it’s finished.
- Choose from the generated wallpapers and then tap Sentence.
- Select an image and select Next.
- Knock Completed to save the changes.
How to save AI-generated wallpapers on your Galaxy phone
One thing to keep in mind about Samsung’s Generative Wallpaper is that you can’t save or share the AI-generated wallpapers. You can set them to your home or lock screen, but they won’t be saved to your gallery for later use or sharing.
View and use current AI backgrounds
You can view your most recently created wallpapers by returning to the Wallpaper & Style section, making it easy to switch between your favorite AI themes without having to recreate them.
Note that only the latest 15 AI wallpapers are displayed. To use one of them, simply browse the top menu and select the wallpaper you want to set.
Which phones have Samsung’s Generative AI Wallpaper
Generative Wallpaper was introduced with the Galaxy S24 and added to more Galaxy devices through the One UI 6.1 update. However, the availability of the feature depends on the Galaxy models, limited to Samsung’s high-end Galaxy S and foldable Galaxy Z smartphones.
If you want to customize the entire home screen or lock screen of your Galaxy device, we have a You can find complete instructions here. If you own a Xiaomi smartphone, there is also a separate article for you, but (for now) with the use of AI.
How to customize your Galaxy phone screen? Install Android launcher to enable more customization features? Share your suggestions with us in the comments.
