Widgets are a quick and easy way to add extra functionality to your iPhone or iPad, bringing you the information you need at a glance. They are small programs that provide shortcuts to features ...

Customize your iPhone home screen with themed widgets, folders, app icons, and wallpapers for holidays like Halloween or Valentine's Day. Easily move apps around the home screen, create folders for ...

One of the major changes with today's launch of iOS 16 is the ability for users' to now personalize their Lock Screen with widgets, in addition to adding widgets to the Home Screen, which had rolled ...

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 ...

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Fresh options in Windows 11 25H2 let you get fancy with the screen that appears before you log in to your PC and after you ...

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 ...

You no longer have to stare at a grid of icons every time you unlock your iPhone. Apple has finally given you the ability to customize the layout of your home screen so instead of just repositioning ...

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Apple just released iOS 14, the newest software update for iPhones. Adding widgets to customize iPhone home screens was one of the most anticipated updates. The top three free apps in the App Store on ...