Yes, you can add widgets to your Lock Screen. Sounds like a bit of fun doesn’t it? Well, it definitely can be fun but more importantly, it can make things easier for you and keep you from wasting time and key strokes, which you all know I am strongly against!
Follow the steps below to learn how:
- To add widgets that include information such as daily headlines, weather, and calendar events, simply tap Add Widgets or the date.
- In landscape orientation, tap Add Widgets on the left side to add widgets on the left side of the screen.
- In portrait orientation, tap Add Widgets below the time. You can also add widgets above the time.
Need to edit a widget on your home screen? Not a problem!
You can customize most widgets right from your Home Screen so they display the information you would like to see. (i.e., you can edit a Weather widget to display the forecast for your location or a different area.
Or you can customize a Smart Stack to rotate automatically through its widgets based on your activity, your location, the time of day, etc.
Follow the steps below to learn how:
- Navigate to your Home Screen.
- Touch and hold a widget to open the quick actions menu.
- Tap Edit Widget (or Edit Stack, if it is a Smart Stack), and choose options.
- For a Smart Stack, you can turn Smart Rotate or Widget Suggestions (below the widget) off or on, drag a widget from the Smart Stack to the Home Screen, or remove a widget by tapping the Remove button in its upper-left corner.
- When you turn on Widget Suggestions, widgets for apps you already use automatically appear in your Smart Stack at the right, time-based on your past activity.
- An option lets you add the widget to your stack so it’s always there when you need it.
- Tap Done.
More to follow. Be on the lookout!
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