Using widgets on your iPad enhances customization significantly. Similar to the iPhone, widgets provide quick access to information and app functions. However, iPadOS offers even greater flexibility.

For iOS 17, Apple introduced interactive widgets that let you control certain app functions right from the home screen or lock screen. Since then, you can tick items off your to-do list, press play on ...

Working from the theory that people want quick, at-a-glance access to information from their apps, Apple has put significant effort into widgets over the past few years. Widgets initially appeared on ...

You use your iPhone every day, but you might only be scratching the surface of what you can do with it. For instance, the iPhone has a bunch of "hidden" menus that help you do things like search ...

Our last Do You Use It? poll asked how frequently you use widgets. There are so many implementations of widgets in the Apple world that we had to break the question into nine separate questions to ...

Many of these changes were introduced with iOS 18 in 2024, but iOS 26 introduces a new app color scheme. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his ...

For users who prioritize personalization, widgets like Mojo Widgets and Quick offer unparalleled flexibility and design options. Mojo Widgets: This widget provides extensive customization features, ...

You can set your Slack status and more from the iPhone Home Screen thanks to new widgets. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Slack added a trio of iPhone and iPad Home Screen widgets on Monday — the first ...

With iOS 14, my iPhone home screen is primarily a place to put widgets. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac After a decade with an iPhone, I didn’t expect anything could come along to transform the way I use ...