Follow a Pathlings Walk on Your iPhone Lock Screen

A Pathlings walk can appear as a Live Activity on your iPhone Lock Screen. Start the walk first, confirm it is active, and use the display for an occasional glance after stopping. A Live Activity is a view of an ongoing session, not the same thing as a permanent buddy widget.

Start with a walk you can recognize

Open Pathlings and use the walk-start control. Before leaving, check that the app shows an active walk. If this is your first session, try a short familiar route so the setup is easy to understand.

You can also start walks through the supported Watch or Siri options. Confirm the result on your device rather than assuming a voice request always completed.

Check the Lock Screen while stopped

Lock the phone and look for the active-walk display. The information is there to make a progress check convenient. You can keep the phone tucked away for the rest of the outing.

A Live Activity does not remove the need for the supported step permissions or a device that records the movement. Carry the phone when relying on its motion sensor.

If the display does not appear

First check that a walk is actually active in Pathlings. Review the app’s Live Activities permission in iPhone Settings if that control is available, and check that the installed app and iOS version support the feature.

The walk screen and Lock Screen can refresh at different times. A missing display is a different question from whether a session has started, so record both observations if you need support.

Finish the session intentionally

When the outing ends, use the walk controls to finish it and review the result. A qualifying single walk may earn the daily walk bonus; the Lock Screen display itself is not what awards it. Keep the session and the progress glance as two parts of the same simple outing.

Download Pathlings on the App Store to give your everyday steps a companion. For more, read how Pathlings works.