Widgets

Wild for widgets? We've compiled a list of fun ways to update your iPhone icons, including how to set up custom app icons, add themed widget ideas, and change widget sizes. We'll also go beyond app icon aesthetics and show you how to customize widget stacks and move your phone app icons from the Today View to your Home screen. Let's get started with how to change your Home Screen on the iPhone and make it more personalized to you.

Widgets have been available on the iPhone’s Home Screen since iOS 14, but many of us don’t take full advantage of them, despite certain apps’ pleas for us to add them to our Home Screens. Widgets may seem like bigger distractions, taking up screen real estate and demanding our attention, but in reality, they can offer helpful information at a glance and allow us to interact with the apps without fully opening them or getting lost in other app notifications as we scroll to find one. Here are the best ways to utilize widgets to keep your display streamlined and efficient, plus a few team favorite favorites for you to try out.

What are widgets? Widgets are the bigger icons that help you get information from your apps at a glance. For example, a Weather widget will show you the weather right on the home screen or Today View so that you don't need to open the app. We'll cover how to add, remove, and customize widgets in your Apple Today View. 

While I have a lot of love for many of the iPhone widgets, the one that stands out above all the rest is the Siri Suggestions Widget. The magical thing about the Siri Suggestions Widget is that it always knows what your most used apps or shortcuts are and adjusts its suggestions based on the apps or features you open and use most often.

Making calls with your iPhone has never been easier. In the past, speed dial was the fastest way to get in touch with your friends and family. Now, you can add contacts to your favorites, place frequent contacts on your home screen, or create a shortcut to quickly call your closest friend. Your contacts are just a tap away, so let’s go over how to use speed dial on iPhone.

Many Apple Weather app users experience their iPhone Weather widget and app showing the wrong location. Here's how to customize your iPhone Weather app settings and change or set the default weather location on an iPhone or iPad.

One of the more charming features of iOS is the extra widget options you can add to your Home Screen. Adding these can range from fun, such as adding featured photos to take you back to your favorite moments, to useful, such as having the weather front and center for your daily planning. Luckily, widgets are easy to add so you can customize your Home Screen to your exact taste. Let's get started.

This article tells you how to remove a featured photo from the Featured Photos widget on iPhone. The Featured Photos widget that is available with iOS 14 is a fun way to look back at some of your best memories without having to scroll through your entire camera roll; but since your iPhone curates this selection for you, not everything it chooses will be Home Screen worthy. If you don't want to be presented with a photo of you blinking or of a product you meant to buy later on your Home Screen, read on to learn how to edit Featured Photos to remove unwanted shots.