Contact Phots and Poster is a new feature Apple introduced in iOS 17 to improve the personalized calling experience. With that, your iPhone allows you to add a custom photo, Memoji or monogram to your contact information. This will appear on the receiver’s phone whenever they receive phone calls, messages, FaceTime calls, etc. Even it is possible to share your contact with the poster you setup.
Profile Picture Vs Contact Photo & Poster in iPhone
Remember, you can already set a profile picture or use Apple ID picture for your number as of iOS 16. However, this profile picture will be shown only on your iPhone and not on the receiver side. Instead, receiver will see if they set a picture for you on their Contacts app or a short name. Apple basically upgraded this profile picture option to show it on the receiver side when both caller and receiver iPhones use iOS 17 or later versions.
The new feature has two functions – Contact Poster and Contact Photo.
- Contact Poster is the full image or Memoji or monogram you select for your phone number. This is the one will appear in My Card section of Contacts app and on the receiver’s phone when you call.
- Contact Photo is the cropped portion of the poster typically showing your face or you can select a different image or Memoji or monogram. This is the one you will see in Contacts app next to “My Card” and when sharing your Contact vCard. Optionally, you can also use the Contact Photo to replace your current Apple ID’s profile picture.
This will be confusing when you setup first time, like the lock screen and home screen setup or two times receiving the message reminders. Looks Apple has some wired guys who always come with this type of dual mode setup instead of making it simple.
1. Adding My Card in iPhone
Before adding a contact photo, first you have to setup your number as My Card. This is needed especially when you have multiple contacts for you in the Contacts app.
- Open Contacts app and your number should appear on top of the list as “My Card”.
- If not, open Settings app and then navigate to “Contacts” section.
- Tap on “My Info” and assign your name from the contact list. This will make your selected number to show as “My Card” in Contacts app.
2. Enable Contact Photo and Poster
- Tap on your name showing as “My Card” in the Contacts app.
- Now, tap on “Contact Photo & Poster” option (it should as disabled).
- Fill your first name and last name that you want to appear on the photo.
- Enable “Name & Photo Sharing” option so that you can share your contact card along with a photo.
- Select “Contacts Only” or “Always Ask” option for sharing your updated details with all other people in your contact list.
You will see an animation shows the Contact Poster and then Contact Photo on the top section.
3. Adding Contact Poster
After selecting the options in “My Card”, follow the below steps to add a poster:
- Tap on the “Edit” button showing just above the name.
- On the next screen, you will see options to customize the existing poster or create a new poster similar to lock screen customization.
- Tap on “Customize” and select “Poster” option or tap the + icon to create a new poster. You can create multiple posters and switch across them when needed.
- Let me create a new poster which has the options to – take a picture using camera, use a picture from Photos, use a Memoji or set a Monogram. Each option has its own customizations to make the poster appealing when it appears on the receiver side.
- Let me select the Memoji option which will show name, color picker and Memoji picker. The Memoji what you already see is coming from the Apple account profile picture.
- Tap on the Memoji picker icon showing on bottom right corner and select a new item for your poster.
- After that, tap on the color picker and choose the background color for your poster.
- Tap the name and change the color and font if you want.
- Finally, tap on “Done” button showing on top right corner of the screen.
- On the next screen, preview your poster and tap on “Continue” button.
Adding Contact Photo
After creating a poster, you will be prompted to assign the photo.
- Skip – You can actually skip this step by tapping on the “Skip” link showing on top right corner.
- Crop and Use Poster – iPhone will automatically crop the selected poster to use it as a contact photo. Tap on “Update” button if you want to use that.
- Add New Photo – for using a new Contact Photo, tap on “Customize Photo” link showing on the bottom. In this case, you will see similar options to take a picture using camera, choose from Photos, set Memoji or use Monogram.
This time let me select a different Memoji to show how it appears in My Card in Contacts app. I select a fox Memoji and set a light blue background.
When finishing, iPhone will prompt you to confirm whether you want to use the selected photo as your Apple ID and My Card profile picture. Tap on “Use” if you want or select “Not Now” option.
Based on your selection, the animation preview will first show the Contact Poster and then you Contact Photo.
You can anytime change the Contact Photo by tapping on “Customize” button and selecting “Contact Photo” option.
Deleting Contact Poster and Photo
As mentioned, you can create multiple set of poster/photo for your phone number and toggle between them. Follow the below steps if you want to delete some of the created posters/photos.
- Open Contacts app and tap on your “My Card”.
- Tap “Contact Poster & Photo” option.
- Disable “Name & Photo Sharing” option if you simply do not want to use your poster in the calls.
- Tap on “Edit” button to view all previously created posters along with the photos on top.
- Swipe up on any item and tap on the “Trash” icon.
- You will see a pop-up asking to confirm deleting Contact Photo and Poster. Tap “Delete” to confirm the action.
When you delete all custom posters/photos, My Card section in Contacts app will simply use the initials of your name with a blank background.
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