It’s election day in the United States. For the 2024 presidential election, iPhone and iPad users can track election results with Apple’s Live Activity feature directly from their lock screen. Users only need to follow a few steps to track the 2024 US election results on their iPhone and iPad devices.

You must have an iPhone 14 Pro or later running at least iOS 16.1. The iPad, on the other hand, should work at least iPadOS 17. Then follow the steps below:

• Open the Apple News app
• Tap the “Follow Live” button under Top Stories’ America Votes 2024
• Apple will let you know that you can get real-time updates on your Home screen and Lock screen at the start of the event.

With polls closing as early as 6 p.m. ET, it’s possible that Apple will begin displaying results from the 2024 US elections after that. The live activity is quite simple and will show how close both candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, are to securing 270 delegates. The live activity will also show the number of members of Congress that Democrats and Republicans will recruit for the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Apple’s live activity for the 2024 US elections is similar to that carried out by Brazilian developer Sorcererhat. For the municipal elections, the promoters released Dinâmica Apuraçãowhich made it possible to follow candidates in all cities across the country using the iPhone’s Live Activity function.

As Brazil has an electronic voting system, all results were published a few hours after the polls closed. For the United States, of course, it will take longer to know the results of the 2024 US elections, as each state completes and counts the results independently.

That being said, for the first time you will be able to follow the results of the American elections on your iPhone as soon as they are announced.