Lock screen in iOS 16: All widgets available

Peter June 23, 2022 2 0

At this year’s WWDC22 development conference, Apple introduced new versions of its operating systems. Specifically, iOS and iPadOS 16, macOS 13 Ventura and watchOS 9. All these new operating systems are available for developers and testers, with the public coming in a few months. As expected, we saw the largest number of new features within iOS 16, where the lock screen was completely redesigned, which users can better customize and, above all, insert widgets on it. These are available around time, more precisely above and below it. Let’s take a look at them together in this article.

Main widgets under time

The largest selection of widgets is available in the main section, which is located below the time. Compared to the section over time, it is much larger and specifically there are a total of four positions available. When adding widgets, in many cases you can choose from small and large, with the small occupying one position and the large two. You can place here, for example, four small widgets, two large, one large and two small, or just one, with the space remaining unused. Let’s take a look at all the widgets that are currently available. Of course, they will increase in the future from third-party applications.

Stocks

You can track widgets from the Stocks app to track your favorite stocks. You can either add a widget that displays the status of a single stock, or three favorites at once.

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Battery

Battery is definitely one of the most useful widgets. Thanks to it, you can view the charge status of your connected devices, such as AirPods and Apple Watches, or the iPhone itself on the locked screen.

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Household

There are several widgets available from Home. Specifically, there are widgets through which you are able to control some elements of the smart home, but there is also a widget for displaying the temperature or a widget with a summary of the household, where there is information about more elements.

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Clock

The Clock application also offers its widgets. However, don’t expect a classic clock widget to be available here – it’s available a little higher in large format. In any case, you can have the time displayed in certain cities, along with information about the time shift, there is also a widget with information about the set alarm.

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Calendar

If you want to control all your events that await you, then the widgets from Calendar will come in handy. There is a classic calendar that tells you today’s date, but of course there is also a widget that informs you about upcoming events.

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Condition

One of the new features in iOS 16 is that the Kondice application is finally available to all users. And there is also a new widget from this application, where you can view the status of activity rings and information about daily movement.

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Weather

The Weather app offers some great widgets on the lock screen in iOS 16. In them you can view info about air quality, conditions, moon phases, probability of rain, sunrise and sunset, current UV index temperature and wind speed and direction.

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Reminders

If you want to control all your comments, then there is one widget available from the native Comments application. This will show you the last three comments from the selected list, so you always know what you need to do.

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Additional widgets over time

As I mentioned above, there are additional widgets that are generally smaller and over time. Within these widgets, most of the information is represented by text or simple icons, as there really isn’t much space available. Specifically, the following widgets are available:

Stocks: one favorite stock with a rise or fall icon; Clock: time in the specified city or next alarm clock Calendar: today’s date or date of next event Condition: burned kCal, exercise minutes and standing hours Weather: moon phase, sunrise / sunset, temperature, local weather, chance of rain, air quality, UV index and wind speed Comments: finish today