Hi Lisa,
Check out the following:
From: Rita Howells
How to Add Widgets to Your Home Screen in iOS 14: Rita's iDevice Advice for
September 28, 2020
A new feature of iOS 14 is the extra widget options you can add to your Home
screen. Adding these can range from fun, such as adding featured photos, to
useful, such as having the weather front and center for your daily planning.
With widgets, you get timely information from your favorite apps at a
glance.
With iOS 14, you can use widgets on your Home Screen to keep your favorite
information at your fingertips. Or you can use widgets from Today View by
swiping
right from the Home Screen or Lock Screen.
Note: These instructions were written for sighted persons, who are not
using voiceOver. If you are using VoiceOver: when the instructions say
"Tap on
an item", perform a one finger double tap.
1. Unlock your iPhone if it is locked.
2. Press your Home screen until the icons start to wiggle.
3. Tap the Add button in the top left corner.
4. Apple will suggest widgets. If your desired widget is there, tap it.
5. If you don't see the widget you want to add, scroll down or use the
search bar at the top of the feature.
6. Tap Add Widget. Select a widget, choose from three widget sizes, then
tap Add Widget.
7. Tap Done.
You can also add Widgets from the "Today View". From Today View, touch and
hold a widget until the quick actions menu opens, then tap Edit Home Screen.
Drag the
widget to the right edge of the screen until it appears on the Home Screen,
then tap Done.
If you do not want to add Widgets to any of your screens of apps, you can
Add them to the "Today" View on your iPhone:
Add widgets to Today View.
1. Touch and hold a widget or an empty area in Today View until the apps
jiggle.
2. Tap the Add button
gray plus icon
in the upper-left corner.
3. Scroll down to select a widget, then choose from three widget sizes.
4. Tap Add Widget, then tap Done.
With iOS 14, you can customize your widgets. For example, you can edit the
Weather widget to see the forecast for your current location or a different
location.
1. Touch and hold a widget to open the quick actions menu.
2. Tap Edit Widget
Edit Widget icon
3. Make your changes, then tap outside of the widget to exit.
You can also move your widgets around to put your favorites where they are
easier to find. Just touch and hold a widget until it jiggles, then move the
widget
around on the screen.
Use widget stacks:
With iOS 14, you can use widget stacks to save space on your Home Screen and
in Today View. You can use Smart Stacks or create your own widget stacks.
Create a Smart Stack:
A Smart Stack is a pre-built collection of widgets that displays the right
widget based on factors like your location, an activity, or time. A Smart
Stack
automatically rotates widgets to show the most relevant information
throughout the day. Here's how to create a Smart Stack:
1. Touch and hold an area on your Home Screen or in Today View until the
apps jiggle.
2. Tap the Add button
gray plus icon
in the upper-left corner.
3. Scroll down and tap Smart Stack.
4. Tap Add Widget.
Create your own widget stacks:
1. Touch and hold an app or empty area on the Home Screen or Today View
until the apps jiggle.
2. Drag a widget on top of another widget. You can stack up to 10 widgets.
3. Tap Done.
Edit a widget stack:
1. Touch and hold the widget stack.
2. Tap Edit Stack. From here, you can reorder the widgets in the stack by
dragging the grid icon
three gray lines
You can also turn on Smart Rotate if you want iOS to show you relevant
widgets throughout the day. Or swipe left over a widget to delete it.
3. Tap gray x icon for remove
when you're done.
Remove widgets
:
1. Touch and hold the widget that you want to remove.
2. Tap Remove Widget.
3. Tap Remove again to confirm.
Stay safe and take care. Mike.
- Original Message -
From: Lisa Belville
To: V I Phone
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021 1:30 PM
Subject: Geting Widgets on home screen
Hi, all.
I'm still getting used to my new iPhone 12 Pro. Mostly what I'm doing
now is setting everything up the way I want it. One thing I can't
figure out is how to get a widget on the home screen that gives me the
status for batteries other than the iPhone. I had this on my old SE,
but I don't remember how I did it, it just worked, and it recognized new
Bluetooth devices as I added them.
By home screen, I mean the page one that can be accessed without
unlocking the phone. I've located and added my weather and news
widgets, but coming up blank on the one for Bluetooth battery status.
Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
Lisa
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