Apple recently gave you a new way to personalize your iPhone. With widgets, you can see helpful information right from your home screen or lock screen. Currently, there are widgets that will display your favorite photo albums, the top news stories of the day, upcoming events on your calendar, and more. Here’s how to add, edit, and create widgets on your iPhone to customize your home screen. Show
How to Add Widgets on Your iPhoneTo add widgets on your iPhone, tap and hold any empty area on your home screen until your apps start to jiggle. Then tap the plus sign in the top-left corner of your screen. Next, select a widget, choose a size, and tap Add Widget. Finally, tap Done. Note: Before you can add a widget, you need to be running iOS 14 or later. If you haven’t updated your iPhone for a while, check out our step-by-step guide on how to update your iPhone.
After you add a widget to your iPhone, you can drag it to a new location on your home screen by tapping and holding the widget and then selecting Edit Home Screen. You can also drag a widget all the way to the left side of your screen to add it to your Today View, so you can access it from your lock screen. You can access the widgets in Today View by swiping to the right from your lock screen. How to Customize Widgets on an iPhoneTo customize widgets on your iPhone, tap and hold the widget, select Edit Widget, and then tap the information you want to change. Some widgets don’t let you change any settings, while others only allow you to customize one or two settings. How to Stack Widgets on Your iPhoneTo save space on your iPhone home screen, you can “stack” widgets by tapping and holding a widget and selecting Edit Home Screen. Then drag a widget on top of another widget of the same size. Finally, tap Done in the top-right corner. Once you add widgets to a stack, you can swipe up and down to scroll through them. However, you can only add up to 10 widgets to the same stack. How to Edit Your Widget StackTo edit your widget stack, tap and hold a stack and then tap Edit Stack. Then you can reorder the widgets by dragging them, remove a widget by tapping the minus sign in the top-left corner, and enable or disable Smart Rotate and Widget Suggestions. With Smart Rotation enabled, your iPhone will automatically rotate the widgets in your stack to show you the most relevant ones based on your activity, time, and location. With Widget Suggestions, your iPhone will automatically add and remove widgets depending on the context. From here, you can also tap on any widget in the stack to change its settings. How to Create Your Own Custom WidgetsTo create your own widgets, download the Widgetsmith app. Then open the app, choose a widget size, and then customize it. Next, add the Widgetsmith widget to your home screen, tap and hold it, select Edit Widget, and choose the widget you created.
Once you know how to add widgets to your home screen, check out our article on how to hide apps on your iPhone to customize it even more. HelloTech editors choose the products and services we write about. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. How do you turn an app into a widget?Here are the easy steps to build an app a widget on iPhone and Android:. Find a Home Screen that has space for the app for which you want to create a shortcut.. Touch & hold the screen.. Select Add to Home Screen.. Select Apps.. Choose the app you want to add to the Home Screen.. Can any app be a widget on iPhone?You can only add a widget if the app has support for it. On your widgets screen, tap the "Edit" button, there you will see the app widgets from apps that have widget functionality. If there is no widget displayed for a certain app, then the app doesn't support it.
How do you make an app a widget shortcut on iPhone?Add the Shortcuts widget to the Home Screen. On your iOS or iPadOS device, touch and hold the background of the Home Screen until the apps begin to jiggle.. Tap at the top of the screen to open the widget gallery.. Scroll down, then tap Shortcuts.. Swipe to choose a widget size.. Tap Add Widget, then tap Done.. How do I turn my apps into widgets iOS 15?Here's how to add and use widgets on iOS 15.. On your iPhone, long-press on your iPhone's home screen in an area where no apps are located.. Tap the Plus icon in the top right-hand corner.. Scroll through the widgets and tap the one you want to use.. Tap Add Widget.. Drag it to your desired location.. |