1: Home Screen Widgets
Widgets give you information at a glance.
They’re already a boon on the iPhone’s Today
screen. iOS 14 takes things further, allowing you
to add Home Screen Widgets for your apps
anywhere. They’re to come in different sizes
too, both on the Today screen and on the Home
screen. This lets you choose what level of
information you wish to display. On-screen
widgets can be moved around the available
screen area, just like app icons, and you can
add and remove them as you wish. Best of all,
you can add a Smart Stack of widgets and scroll
through them to select the widget you need.
Widgets aren’t exactly a new concept, but on
the Home screen, they take things to a new
level. Imagine having the weather available at a
glance without opening the Weather app, and
your upcoming meetings at your fingertips with
no need to launch Calendar. Apple’s mobile
devices are set to make accessing information
even easier.
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2: App Library
iPhone users have been able to organise their
apps into folders for years, but iOS 14 gives a
new take on the concept. The App Library page
sits at the end of your Home screen pages, and
automatically organises your apps into smart
folders. These folders include such categories
as Social, Apple Arcade, Recently Added,
Entertainment, Creative and more.
The apps are still on your regular Home
screens, but if you find you’re not using these
any more, you can simply hide pages you no
longer need to see. At the top of the App Library
is a search field so you can look for an app by
name, and tapping a smart folder opens up a
whole screen of apps, not just a three-by-three
grid like regular folders.
With so many apps to install and use, it’s
easy to lose track of what’s where. App Library
should make navigating your iPhone easier
than ever before.
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