These custom URLs can be attached to a widget so that every time you tap on that widget, it opens the URL. Additionally, you can now attach custom URLs to widgets. These can all be opened automatically whenever you tap on a relevant widget. Widgetsmith 4.0 now also integrates directly with David Smith’s other apps, including Pedometer++, Wokouts++, CalZones, and more. The widget editor has been redesigned to be more consistent and streamlined, making it easier to move between different settings and customization options. Today’s update for WidgetSmith also includes a few changes that benefit the home screen widget as well. As we saw with WidgetSmith’s support for home screen customization, you can go wild here.

You can change the font, text and icon colors, step counting, and designs for things like clocks, and more. WidgetSmith lets you completely customize any widget you create. You can make text widgets that appear directly above the time on your lock screen, as well as circular and rectangular options for the time at the bottom.

There are three different sizes of lock screen widgets supported by iOS 16, and WidgetSmith has options for all three of them. You can create an infinite number of custom widgets for your iPhone’s lock screen, ranging from things like photos, weather, time, step count, and more. As it did with the home screen widget, WidgetSmith takes things to the next level. With iOS 16, you can add widgets to your lock screen as well as customize things like font color, wallpaper, and more.īy default, Apple provides widgets for many of its stock applications. Now, WidgetSmith is tackling Apple’s latest customization feature: support for adding widgets to your iPhone’s lock screen. The app created by David Smith quickly went viral as TikTok users touted it as the best way to make your iPhone’s home screen look “aesthetic AF.” Since then, the app has received regular updates to further improve its versatility to become a home screen widget.

Widgetsmith started 2020 with the release of home screen widgets in iOS 14. WidgetSmith 4.0 is now available on the App Store with not only lock screen widgets, but also improvements to the widget editor, a ton of new functionality for widgets, and more. IOS 16 brings support for adding widgets to your iPhone’s lock screen, and WidgetSmith is here to take this customization to the next level.

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