Get Up To Speed With New Interactive Widgets In iOS 17: Here's How

Apple Inc. AAPL super-powered widgets in iOS 17 with the introduction of interactive widgets, allowing users to do a lot more quickly from the comfort of their home screen. Here we tell you how to best use interactive widgets in iOS 17.

What Happened: Apple brought interactive widgets in iOS 17, allowing users to perform actions and glance at more information right from the home screen, lock screen, and the StandBy mode screen.

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Although widgets have been available since iOS 14, they were quite restricted in terms of functionality. For instance, tapping on a widget would open the respective app instead of performing an action.

After allowing third-party apps to utilize the notch with Dynamic Island last year, Apple has now made its widgets more functional with iOS 17.

How To Use Interactive Widgets: Follow these steps to add interactive widgets in iOS 17 quickly:

• Touch and hold on to an empty space on the home screen page where you want to add the widget until the existing apps and widgets start jiggling.
• Now tap on the ‘+' button at the top of the screen to open the list of widgets.
• Find the widget you want to add and then tap on it.
• Select the size you want and then tap "Add Widget."
• The app icons and widgets will continue to jiggle – drag the new widget where you want.
• Now tap "Done".

You can now use interactive widgets to do things like playing or pausing music, crossing the tasks you've completed, and more.

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