These iOS 16 apps support the new Lock Screen widgets
November 14, 2022 By Jozeph P
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As we've previously discussed, one of the most important features of iOS 16 is the ability to modify your iPhone's Lock Screen for the first time. There are new wallpapers, fonts, colors, and filters to choose from. The biggest difference is that iOS 16 now continues to support widgets on the Lock Screen.
Here are some of the apps that currently support Lock Screen widgets.
Follow the link below to see a list of our favorite apps that offer not only the new Lock Screen widget features in iOS 16 but also other innovative features such as Focus Filters and more. Each of these apps has installed Lock Screen widgets in their unique way, while also contending with the inherent constraints imposed by Apple's implementation of the feature in iOS 16.
Widgetsmith:
- The widget editor has been improved to make widget creation and setup easier and more intuitive.
- A large selection of Lock Screen widgets in all of the different styles.
- Capability to isolate people from their backgrounds in images and import images with transparency
- A powerful set of new tools that launch automatically within Widgetsmith when a widget is tapped.
Flighty
Live tracking - The most convenient way to track flights ever includes an in-flight progress bar, even if you're offline.
Overcast
- Playlist: Play a chosen playlist. Tap in edit mode to select the playlist.
- Icon: Launch Overcast.
- Recents: Unfinished and newly published episodes.
Cardpointers
- Widgets for the Lock Screen
- Thousands of app shortcuts
- Filters for focusing
- Passkeys
- CardPointers is free to download, but an in-app subscription is required to unlock the CardPointers Pro features. CardPointers Pro's annual and lifetime schemes are 20% off for 9to5Mac readers.
Lockflow
- Add shortcuts to your Lock and Home screens.
- In the Shortcuts app, run any Siri Shortcuts you've created.
- With a single tap, you can activate home automations.
- Open a different camera app.
- Obtain directions to a specific location.
- Send a text message to someone you text frequently.
- Start listening to your most recent favourite podcast.
- Make all of your existing shortcuts more accessible by making them readily available.
By Jozeph P
Journalism explorer, tech Enthusiast. Love to read and write.