Where Live Activities show on an iPhone 17e without a Dynamic Island

howtosimply.com/guides/where-live-activities-show-on-an-iphone-17e-without-a-dynamic-island/ · Checked October 2026 · iPhone 17e · iOS 27.0.1

Device

iPhone

Shown on

iOS 27.0.1 (iPhone 17e)

App

Clock

Path

Clock › Timers › Lock Screen / Notification Centre

Real screenshots

4 of 4 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Start something that has a Live Activity

   We started a 1-minute timer in Clock, Timers.

   Done

2. 

   Go to the Home Screen

   At the top there is only the time and the Wi-Fi and battery icons: no timer pill.

   Done

3. 

   Swipe down from the top

   The timer shows as a Live Activity above Notification Centre, with pause and stop buttons and the time left.

   Done

4. 

   Check the Clock settings

   In Settings, Apps, Clock there were only Apple Intelligence & Siri, Search, Notifications and Mobile Data. Searching Settings for Live Activities found no switch either.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• On an iPhone with the Dynamic Island? Apple says you touch and hold the activity in the Dynamic Island to see more, and swipe it up to make it smaller. Source: View Live Activities in the Dynamic Island on iPhone

If this does not work

• No Live Activity at all? The app has to support it. A Clock timer did on ours.
• Missing from the Lock Screen? Check that notifications for that app are allowed: iPhone notifications not showing: 7 settings to check.

About this guide

Apple's Live Activities page talks about the Dynamic Island, the pill at the top of newer iPhones. The 17e has a notch-style cut-out instead.

The screenshots are from our iPhone 17e with iOS 27.0.1, in Dark mode. We ran a 1-minute timer in Clock.

Good to know

For video that keeps playing over other apps, see how to use Picture in Picture on an iPhone.

In short: No Dynamic Island on the 17e: swipe down from the top to see Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in Notification Centre.