Apple has made it remarkably easy to use an iPhone widget in macOS Sonoma, even if you have just the iOS app and not matching Mac one. It's easy, yet it's not obvious and the results are mixed. Here's ...

Built-in iPhone widgets often look like simple glanceable tiles, but used well they can quietly reshape how You move through ...

Although this year’s iOS 17 release isn’t chock-full of the type of big “tentpole” features we’ve seen in recent years, like customizable lock screens and home screen widgets, there are some fun and ...

Apple is pushing widgets hard on all of its operating systems. Widgets are like mini-apps or shortcuts that you can add to your iPhone’s home screen to get quick information without opening an app.

Using widgets on your iPad enhances customization significantly. Similar to the iPhone, widgets provide quick access to information and app functions. However, iPadOS offers even greater flexibility.

Working from the theory that people want quick, at-a-glance access to information from their apps, Apple has put significant effort into widgets over the past few years. Widgets initially appeared on ...

Now that iOS 17 is out in the wild, consumers are getting hands-on time with many just-released iPhone features. One of the neater inclusions is the brand-new StandBy mode. This toolset transforms ...

In macOS Sonoma, Apple changed how widgets work. Unlike previous versions of macOS, widgets don't have to be hidden away offscreen and largely forgotten in the Notifications Center panel. Now they can ...

Widgets are no strangers to macOS users. First introduced with Mojave in 2018, Apple has revamped this piece of software so users can always have helpful information with macOS Sonoma. During the WWDC ...

Apple's updated widgets in macOS Sonoma are not only now available on the Mac's desktop, they're also interactive instead of solely displaying information. Here's how to use them. A headline feature ...

Turn your iPhone into a smart display on your desk. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac StandBy mode is a headline iOS 17 feature that turns your iPhone into a smart display on your nightstand, at ...