This looked a lot cooler in the demos. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve made a couple interesting screens, but it all feels very half-baked. I guess I’d appreciate it more with a new model that has the always-on display.
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Lock Screen Widgets - Almost useless?
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Yes. Seems to be an issue with apps that were updated before iOS 16 was installed. Solution is to delete and reinstall the app. Not a good one, I will wait for a fix.
Some don't seem to update (yet), as the small weather widget with what I think is temperature (it has a small sun inside). It just shows "0" for me. Edit: It was UV Index, so a zero makes sense on this overcast and rainy day. No result in the fitness one as others have noted.
Let's give it a day and see if things pick up.
I see many others being underwhelmed and I can agree that it did look a lot cooler when it was first presented at WWDC. I also expected more than one row of items (and also not for a single widget to sit front and center on someone's forehead if you choose a portrait as a wallpaper). But I am still a fan, and I hope to see more development here.
Most underwhelming is how short time I actually look at that lock screen. Never really realised until they gave me info to glance at.
And as everyone else (?), I hope we eventually get the option of hiding the flashlight and camera widgets.
Let's give it a day and see if things pick up.
I see many others being underwhelmed and I can agree that it did look a lot cooler when it was first presented at WWDC. I also expected more than one row of items (and also not for a single widget to sit front and center on someone's forehead if you choose a portrait as a wallpaper). But I am still a fan, and I hope to see more development here.
Most underwhelming is how short time I actually look at that lock screen. Never really realised until they gave me info to glance at.
And as everyone else (?), I hope we eventually get the option of hiding the flashlight and camera widgets.
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Yeah. Most of them look like garbage and aren’t even aligned properly so they look incredibly off. Very disappointing so far.
Widgets weren't ever something I felt like I was missing out on, so I'm neither excited or disappointed by them. Seems like they'll be more useful with AOD, which my 13 Pro doesn't have - and it's not something I feel like I'm missing out on either. I put the weather and calendar widgets on there just for fun anyway.
That's the only situation in which I will find them useless honestly. I'm excited about the AOD. I hate having to constantly tap my phone to see the time or notifications. It only took them 9 years. 🙃
These widgets, in my opinion, are the best thing Apple has ever invented. I spent all night playing around with them. I don't know, somehow those widgets make me feel more alive, in a good way.
Its stupid you only get one little 1x4 grid to place them. I don't need a 50 point font for the time, let me put another row instead.
They seem a bit redundant for me as I have an Apple Watch with all the information I need on my wrist. For those that just use an iPhone they might be more useful I suppose.
This. I hate this. Why show me my Lock Screen when I swipe down to see notifications? And instead I have to swipe down and then up? It’s so dumb.
Never mind. I did it. You must add a new wallpaper of the "Photos" category, then pick whatever picture you want (in my case, the same picture that was already set as a wallpaper), then you can add widgets.
It's very half-baked to say the least. The only someone useful one is the weather. Hopefully it improves with time.
Not just in the US. They move stuff around in stores in the UK, Japan, New Zealand… every country I have lived. It’s to make shoppers walk passed stuff we don’t need on our Arthurian quests for teabags.
I think its pretty obvious that these are to provide glanceable information on an always-on screen. Like the ones Apple is shipping this week. They are markedly less useful in other situations, but still helpful if you don't want to get sucked into your phone if you unlock it.
These things were never going to magical. Just useful.
The Fantastical one shows up for me. You have to update Fantastical first and then open it on the phone. Then the widget will be available.
There are supposed to be a lot more working from apps that have updated in the last day. But so far, most people are unable to add anything but Apple's defaults.
Yeah I can't see any 3rd party widgets, despite having many apps that were updated the last few days with widget support.
Uber fail.
Hi m8, does the Alarm icon acutally show you the time the alarm is set for when an alarm is switched on? Or does it only show you the alarm icon?
Yes, it shows the time or off.
