The official launch of Apple’s iOS 18 brought with it some fresh ways to customize your iPhone’s home screen. Rather than leaving unwanted apps hanging around like a bad smell in places you don’t want ...

On Sept. 16, Apple released the iPhone's latest operating system, iOS 14. The upgrade has a few features that make life easier, like direct replies in group chats and a new translation app, but one ...

Widgets on iPhone allow you to quickly check important information from specific apps at a glance. Smart Stacks allow for multiple widgets to take up less space, similar to app folders. You can add, ...

Apple introduced Home Screen widgets on iPhones with iOS 14 back in 2020. The idea was to put glanceable information from apps right on the Home Screen, saving you the time and effort of constantly ...

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Make sure you've updated your iPhone to iOS 14. Hold down your finger anywhere on your screen (or on an app and select "Edit Home Screen") until the apps wiggle. Tap the + icon in the top left corner.

Your iPhone is capable, reliable, and sturdy—as long as you don’t drop it again on that one corner that keeps cracking. But over decades of refinement, it’s also gotten a little boring. Your apps line ...

You can fit two shortcuts into one small widget in iOS 17, a significant change for power users of Apple’s time-saving Shortcuts app. A lot of shortcuts I make are in pairs — and now, you can put two ...

You might already be familiar with widgets from your iPhone or Android phone—interactive panels that are something in between shortcut icons and full apps. Using these widgets, you can complete tasks ...

Widgets are always-on apps that live on your iPhone or iPad's home screen. They can be a variety of sizes. If you think of them in terms of how many app icons they replace, they can either be a 4-icon ...