With widgets you make your iPhone more personal and stylish, and often easier to use. In this week’s iPhone tips: the best widgets for iOS 17 to try out right away!
iPhone Tips: The Best Widgets for iOS 17
Widgets can fulfill different functions and which ones have added value for you is very personal. In these iPhone tips we have collected a number of different widgets for iOS 17 (and you can secretly use them on an older version), so there is bound to be something for you!
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1. Weawow – Weather & Widget
We’ll start these iPhone tips with a weather widget. The app Weawow is known for its good forecasts and beautiful weather photos. That’s reason enough to use the app, but Weawow’s widget is also very useful.
You can choose from three widget sizes. The larger the widget you choose, the more information you can see at a glance. Below you can see the middle size, which has a good compromise in terms of space required and information displayed.
2. Pixel Pals – Language Pal
Number two of these iPhone tips is about the Language Pal widget, which is part of the Pixel Pals app. Pixel Pals are like little digital pets for your home screen. The Language Pal widget helps you learn a foreign language in a playful way.
Language Pal is not intended as a real language course, but mainly helps you learn new words in a fun way. You can choose from ten different languages. The widget then shows you a word, with three possible English translations to choose from. The condition is that you can speak English reasonably well.
3. McClockface
Number three of this week’s iPhone tips is a stylish clock widget. McClockface offers a collection of stylish widgets that display the time (and possibly the date) and that you can adjust in many ways. You can change the colors and, for example, display a different time zone per widget.
You can choose from no fewer than 23 different widgets, so there is bound to be something you like. The only disadvantage is that the app is quite expensive. You have to pay 6.99 euros for it.
4.Moon – Current Moon Phase
We end these iPhone tips with a beautiful moon widget. You can see at a glance the current moon phase or what the moon will look like on a certain date.
Useful if, for example, you know that you sleep worse during the full moon. Furthermore, you can easily share any image of the moon and the app is completely free!
Add or customize widgets on your iPhone
To use the above widgets from these iPhone tips, you must first install the app from the App Store. Then you have to launch the app once and set up the widget. To add the widgets to your iPhone or iPad home screen, follow the steps below.
- Press and hold your finger on an empty spot until the apps start to wiggle;
- Press the button with the plus sign (top left);
- From the list, tap the widget you want to place or enter the name of the app in the search box;
- Once you’ve opened the widget, choose the look you want and tap Add Widget;
- Drag the widget to where you want it and tap Done.
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