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Why Apple Is Pushing Widgets Everywhere
Apple gives widgets a boost in the latest software for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. As CNET’s Bridget Carey learns to live with widgets, she gets some helpful perspective from mobile expert Lisa Eadicicco. Read Lisa’s CNET Article here: 0:00 Apple Wants You To Want Widgets 0:24 Widgets Aren’t New Inventions 1:28 Apple…
doc B
June 24, 2023 at 1:19 am
at 4:57 you mean Windows Phone OS? “live” tiles, living on your screen…. I think they are going overboard on widgets. Apple ignored them for 15 years while Android had them. Now all of a sudden every screen needs 5-10 widgets. Not using desktop widgets on mac. They can stay in the side panel where they belong. I use 2 widgets on iPad. Calendar and weather. No need for more. I have Calendar, photos, stocks and weather on my iPhone. That’s plenty …. How bout innovating and turn off Auto Arrange and let us put icons wherever we want …. Android has had that for 16 years.
Hail CSR
June 24, 2023 at 1:38 am
Apple iOS widgets suck to me. I’ve tried, honestly, tried to use widgets to improve productivity for the last 16 months. Guess what, I still have to open the app to make use of what I need. They just provide a preview of what I’m interested in. Maybe that’s how it’s intended?? It doesn’t give me the wow factor like, “I’m glad I had the widget open because it gave me important information.” Blah.
Plus, the widgets by some providers don’t work which leave me thinking that they all worthless. I’ve had to remove many widgets just to keep the apps that I need closer to my Home Screen. Plus, I really don’t use any widget at all on my Mac. I have no interest. Fyi, I’ve been in IT since 1992. And I don’t know anyone personally who use them and find them helpful. Just saying
Owens Report
June 24, 2023 at 3:59 am
I use the widget for duolingo. I might use weather one day
Mike Coshan
June 24, 2023 at 4:26 am
No widget Bridget is a great nickname 😂😂
Elliot Williams
June 24, 2023 at 4:29 am
Bigger displays I can see it being useful to use rather than a full app
Marqes Sanz Cora
June 24, 2023 at 4:45 am
We need more of them alot 😂
WHEAL
June 24, 2023 at 4:55 am
I used to use widgets all the time on android, but since using iPhones. Widgets suuuuck, they’re awful, I dont use a single one
Rivanda Bakhtiar
June 24, 2023 at 5:06 am
Isnt this just make ios into windows phone?
Vaux Glandzer
June 24, 2023 at 5:21 am
Bridget widget must be nice, humorous, & smart.. 👍🥷
Leslie Graham
June 24, 2023 at 5:48 am
Great sense of humor! Thanks
Lamin Andrews
June 24, 2023 at 5:57 am
The only way widgets can work is if the OS automatically creates or suggest widgets based on our usage history.
Dusty Roads
June 24, 2023 at 7:15 am
Why add widgets ? I put a weather radar widget on my phone just to realize they don’t update unless I initiate them. Your looking at something that’s hours old. May as well just open the app. All it does is just give you a shortcut to the app.
Ana Xela
June 24, 2023 at 9:19 am
They are pushing it now because the technology and bandwidth can handle them now.
Vedansh Chauhan
June 24, 2023 at 10:53 am
Microsoft ditched the beautiful Live Tiles meanwhile Apple is putting workers widgets everywhere. Safe to say, Apple is on the right track.
Vedansh Chauhan
June 24, 2023 at 10:57 am
Windows Phone was futuristic. App support killed it 🙁
Matt Pipes
June 24, 2023 at 11:43 am
I like having my iPad Home Screen showing widgets, and the one I find most helpful is the files widget… This is because iPadOS doesn’t really have a finder like MacOS and it’s nice to have an easy way to see my files stored on my iPad… So I could kind of see where having a Finder widget on my Mac could be useful to quickly access my recently saved files without opening a finder window. I also like the notes widget and I’d probably use that on the Mac as well.
B.
June 24, 2023 at 1:10 pm
OMG I was wondering how to get my Steps widget to populate, had no idea that I needed to open the app first lol, thank you!😊
Damian Hinch
June 24, 2023 at 1:12 pm
This presenter is beyond annoying.
Taylor Nicty
June 24, 2023 at 1:51 pm
I use to brag about widgets on Android before iPhones got them and some of my Apple fan friends back then told me widgets were stupid. Now fast forward to now and those same people are using widgets on their iPhones and love them
Ramkrishnan Thevar
June 24, 2023 at 2:36 pm
Start the CNET update again. Really miss that show
Joaquin Martinez Cooper
June 24, 2023 at 2:46 pm
The Bible widget is best one!
Home Tech
June 24, 2023 at 7:18 pm
It is laughable that you still can’t scroll the widgets on iOS & Mac, much more helpful for tasks, calender & weather widgets.
Hussien Alsafi
June 24, 2023 at 7:42 pm
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Louis Rosado
June 24, 2023 at 7:55 pm
I agree with Apple changes keep creating learning curves that are out of the ordinary, I really tried to stay in the Apple ecosystem but if you work in the business PC world it’s just confusing. Had to just relegate Apple to just for entertainment.
Tony Cortez
June 24, 2023 at 8:58 pm
I am just bothered that you can’t lock and unlock the screen customization, most of the time, i press and hold something on my iphone homescreen and just rearrange everything. my 14 pro is fast, but hmm in terms of customization
Found Lost
June 24, 2023 at 10:09 pm
No offense Bridget but we’re old. Widgets are for the kids (Users under 30)
Joe Baron
June 24, 2023 at 10:11 pm
I guess it depends on what info you genuinely require at a glance, that can’t be fuller achieved better by a single touch of the screen and possibly an added flick of the finger. For me, that’s not much—actually it’s nothing at all. The only thing I would consider, is a weather widget that shows the hours of the day. Strangely, the BBC weather app shows the current weather on the widget … well I can look out the window or that! Nah, not a fan of widgets at all.
Naviss
June 24, 2023 at 11:26 pm
Love widgets, and interactable ones should have came at the same time. If you’re in the Apple Ecosystem with Homekit lights, cameras, etc. Having a widget for your lights at a glance is so very nice!
H
June 25, 2023 at 12:47 am
Not much details about why apple is pushing them now
Oniel Melendez
June 25, 2023 at 4:59 am
Bridget takling Widget…
Nailed it! ❤
Autumn Matthews
June 25, 2023 at 5:18 am
I actually don’t want widgets on my watch
Damo74
June 25, 2023 at 7:11 am
Widgets…. the easy fix alternative to software development. Still waiting for that calculator app on iPad OS Apple…
martytoo
June 25, 2023 at 8:22 am
Apple is trying to attract the Android folks who are on the fence.
Information isn’t updated “at a glance” it is updated on screen without the users input (once the widget is set up). Delete the ones you don’t want. Stick your head out the window when you want to know the weather. I don’t care what widgets you use. I care which ones I use.
Mic
June 25, 2023 at 9:31 am
How about the original widgets for the iPhone. The ones that exist only when you swipe left. These have always been interactive, even with a working calculator widget. I don’t understand the move away from these to clunky ones that do less
Kartikey Singh
June 25, 2023 at 11:33 am
I feel all these things will ultimately converge to a point where we get the look of Windows Phone Os.
Mr. Segundus
June 25, 2023 at 2:28 pm
I can’t think of anything more useless than most widgets. I’m already inundated with pointless info everywhere and I don’t want to see pointless info from apps. Todo lists and the calendar widget are the only useful ones. Everything else is fluff and added clutter, imo.
Elie
June 25, 2023 at 3:15 pm
Love your videos Bridget!