There are many , many good features in iOS 14 , especially for the organizational nerd among us . But one of the most significant changes arriving on iPhones is contraption , a feature that allows you to assort and embiggen some cardinal software to make them do that much comfortably on your home screen .
The problem , though , is that figuring how to use them is not super visceral , and figuring out how to organise your screens while also consume advantage of theApp Library , for example , further rarify the mental process . ( And yes , Android drug user , we realize you ’ve had contraption and app shorts always . ) The feature on iOS 14 is moderately simple once you get the hang of it , and Apple has a couple of default options — like an outrageously turgid weather widget , or a Fitness column with your Apple Watch data — already geared up for you . Most doohickey can be alter to accommodate more or less space on your screen , depending what you need from them .
First things first , though : How the hell on earth do you even make a widget ? originate by pressing and guard any app on your CRT screen as you would to delete it . In the far upper lefthand quoin , you ’ll now see a plus preindication ; select it . ( you could also get here by choose the new Edit Home Screen selection that seem when you long - press an app . ) A convenience menu will appear , and you could select one of Apple ’s recommended apps , scroll down to see additional thingmabob option , or search for one yourself . Selecting an app from the widget menu will bring up a sizing window . When you ’ve figured out which size gubbins you favor for the app , select Add Widget .
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Playing around with these is really the only path to figure out how to organize your screen . Keep in mind , though , that a widget for conditions or notation will be added in addition to your regular app icons . That ’s where the App Library come in . ( you’re able to find it by swiping mighty from your rightmost home screen ) . Io 14 will sort all the stuff you banish here into easy - to - find categories like Recently supply , Entertainment , Travel , and Games . you may also look for a specific app from the search bar at the top of this screen .
call back of the App Library as a home for all the stuff and nonsense you do n’t need to be immediately accessible every fourth dimension you open your phone — like a well - organize junk drawer . It also helps keep your home plate concealment tidy , as my colleague Victoria Song attest with this deeply satisfying layout :
Screenshot: Victoria Song/Gizmodo
Victoria tell me she uses the rightmost editorial on her first page for things she can select with her thumb when she ’s hold her speech sound with one hand . The second screen she uses for apps she postulate as a wearables reviewer , while “ literally every other app has been shun to the App Library . ” As god intend . ( I stole her Fitness widget orientation , I liked it so much . )
Gizmodo consumer technology editor Caitlin McGarry — who dead loves weather condition , apparently — afforded 16 wanted app spaces to one flagitious forecast doojigger ( first slide ) , which is certainly a determination . My workfellow Rhett Jones ( 2d glide ) was a lot more matter-of-fact about it :
And senior consumer technology editor in chief Alex Cranz is operating on a stage I will not even seek to set about to empathise . A battery widget to force her mad . A bunch of ace - gourmandize app folders with nigh a dozen unread notifications between them . Behold :
All of this is to say , there are many way to hack on these mise en scene . And perhaps your earphone was so absolutely organized prior to the iOS 14 rollout that all of this seems silly . It ’s also possible appliance are a waste material of time — who have it off ! But hey , if they help you better pull off your screen experience even just a picayune , why not give them a barb ?
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