


Next, go to the home screen of your iPhone and long-press on a space away from any widgets and apps to enter what Apple calls 'jiggly mode'. You can also pick from several font options, and change the color of both the font and background (and the opacity of the background to make it transparent, if you so wish. Here you can pick the style and layout of the widget, along with what content it shows. This could mean having a calendar widget showing the current day's events until 6pm, then switching to the next day's events, so you can start planning for tomorrow before the day is over.Īfter tapping on the widget you'll be shown the customization page. You can also create a timed widget on this screen, which appears on your home screen only at certain times of day. On the next screen you need to tap on the widget to begin customizing. How to create widgets with the Widgetsmith app GearBrain Tap on the size of widget you want to create. The next step is to pick the size of widget you want, which Apple limits to small, medium or large. Apple TV 4K 32GB - $179.99 at Best Buyįirst, d ownload the app for free from the iOS AppStore and open it on your iPhone.

You can also create a custom widget that shows a photo, an album of photos, custom text, or is blank (and thus creates empty space on the home screen, which Apple doesn't allow by default).

You can ignore this, stick to the free version and still get access to highly-customizable widgets for showing the date and time, plus your calendar, reminders, health stats, photos and more. The app is free to install and use, but there is a premium option for creating a weather widget, which costs $1.99 a month. At the time of writing it is the number-one ranked productivity app. Several apps are available from the AppStore and the most popular is Widgetsmith, which has soared to the top of the store's most-popular app list in recent days.
