Nearly one year on, and iOS 14 is still a big leap forward for the iPhone. Chief among the operating system’s many cool features is the ability to add widgets to your iPhone’s home screen. Widgets are ...

For many iPhone users, the biggest and most exciting change in iOS 14 is the addition of Home screen widgets. It’s a feature we’ve been waiting years to get — and a feature Android has offered since ...

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 ...

X for iOS has finally rolled out widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Over five years ago, at WWDC20, a Home Screen Widget for Twitter was shown off in the reveal video for iOS 14. However, ...

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X (Twitter) has rolled out a set of widgets for its iOS app, enabling users to add feeds to their Home screen as well as a real-time notification count to their Lock Screen. The Home screen widget ...

X launched iOS widgets for iPhone and iPad users in mid-December 2025 , delivering home screen and lock screen access to news ...

The popular Opera web browser has just released a major update for its iPhone and iPad app. With the new version, Opera is making it easier for users to interact with Aria – the company’s built-in AI ...

Your CarPlay experience is about to get even better. You're likely familiar with widgets on the iPhone; if you aren't, widgets are apps that can be added to your Home screen and provide quick ...

Widgets are now a staple across nearly every Apple platform—from iOS and iPadOS to watchOS and beyond. In iOS 26, Apple expanded widget compatibility to the car with the redesigned CarPlay experience.