How to Customise your iPhone iPad Home Screen with the release of the iOS 14
iOS 14 Widgets FeaturesÂ
Adding widgets to your Home Screen allows you to view the information from your selected applications quickly. For instance, you can add the Calendar widget to view your itinerary for the day, the Weather widget to look at the weather forecast, and Notes widget for ease of access to it.
In iOS 14, there are three widget sizes available. The smallest takes up four apps and forms a square; medium one takes up eight apps and forms a horizontal rectangle; while the largest takes up 16 apps and forms a big square.
How to Add WidgetsÂ
It is extremely easy to get started with adding widgets to your home screen. Simply press and hold an empty space on your home screen, till the apps start to shake around (just like how it looks like when you want to delete apps). Alternatively, you can press and hold any app till it starts to shake, followed by ‘Edit Home Screen’.
Do remember that your iPhone has to be updated to iOS 14.
After the apps start shaking, tap on the plus icon on the top left corner. In the next screen, you will be able to see the list of widgets that are available on your phone. Choose the widget that you want to add to your home screen.
After selecting your desired widget, you will have to choose the size from the three different sizes available. Once done, tap ‘Add Widget’. You will be redirected back to the home screen, with the new addition of widget and the apps still shaking about.
To move the widget, press and hold like how you would normally do for the normal-sized apps. After you are satisfied with the arrangement of the widgets and apps, tap ‘Done’ at the top right corner.
What is, and How to, Smart StackÂ
Having too many widgets will definitely make your home screen look untidy and unaesthetic. To prevent this from happening, you can use the option to Smart Stack your widgets. In this function, widgets of the same size will be stacked above each other, as the name suggests.
Smart Stack can be added to your home screen, under the widgets list. Select the size that you want and your phone will do the remaining work. What makes this function ‘Smart’ is that Apple will alternate the layers according to the relevancy of the widget at the time of use.
Is Smart Stack Customizable?Â
Smart Stack can be customized according to which layers you want to stack up. Simply drag the same-sized widgets that you want to stack above each other. The order of the stack can also be edited by pressing and holding the stacked widgets, followed by ‘Edit Stack’.
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Posted : December 5, 2020
A large part of what makes the iPad Mini so popular is its tiny frame combined with insane processing power. Apple knew their target demographic well when tweaking the specs for this recent release, and it really shows. Catered towards people working on the go, and creatives who spend a lot of time drawing and sketching for work, this 6th generation iPad Mini checks all the boxes for a powerful and portable tablet suited for work and play.
Apart from the changes to case material, the new design language of the iPad Mini 6 features a larger edge-to-edge screen, along with narrow borders and minimum bezel space. Although we’ve seen bezel-less devices from Apple for the better half of a decade, this is the first time the iPad Mini has gotten such an upgrade. In addition to looking much sleeker, this change is felt even more coupled with the new 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone, P3 wide colour, and ultra-low reflectivity.
The end result is a gorgeous dynamic screen that makes the iPad Mini 6 a practical choice indoors and outdoors. Not to mention the support of Apple Pencil 2, which feels amazing on the low latency screen. All these facets add up to make a difference larger than the sum of each individual part, resulting in the new iPad Mini feeling like the perfect device for anyone wanting a portable and adaptable workhorse tablet.
Apart from the changes to case material, the new design language of the iPad Mini 6 features a larger edge-to-edge screen, along with narrow borders and minimum bezel space. Although we’ve seen bezel-less devices from Apple for the better half of a decade, this is the first time the iPad Mini has gotten such an upgrade. In addition to looking much sleeker, this change is felt even more coupled with the new 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone, P3 wide colour, and ultra-low reflectivity.
The end result is a gorgeous dynamic screen that makes the iPad Mini 6 a practical choice indoors and outdoors. Not to mention the support of Apple Pencil 2, which feels amazing on the low latency screen. All these facets add up to make a difference larger than the sum of each individual part, resulting in the new iPad Mini feeling like the perfect device for anyone wanting a portable and adaptable workhorse tablet.
It wouldn’t be an Apple upgrade if they didn’t improve the camera capabilities on the device. If anything, that’s the least we expect from the tech giant’s annual keynote events. This time, the iPad Mini has received blessings in both the front and back cameras on the device. Boasting a 12MP camera on both the front and back of the 6th-Gen iPad Mini, this is a massive boon compared to the relatively sub-par 7 and 8-megapixel cameras on the respective front and back of the 5th-Gen iPad Mini. The newer Mini also has the ability to record in 4k and capture higher-quality images, courtesy of the new Smart HDR 3 function in the A15 Bionic chip.
Knowing that video calls are also more popular now than even in the time of COVID-19, Apple’s implementation of CentreStage for a more natural video call experience also feels like a natural feature to have as well.
A ton of well-deserved updates to the iPad Mini makes it feel right at home alongside Apple’s latest generation of tablets. If you’re still wondering if you should still get the new iPad, the make or break factor here really is the size and portability of the iPad Mini 6.
Historically, the Mini was always viewed as the cheaper and lower-spec cousin of the flagship iPad. Not this time – the iPad Mini 6 proves a worthy contender for the individual who’s constantly on the move, looking for an all in one device that fits comfortably in the palm of their hand.
