{"id":501316,"date":"2022-10-16T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/you-should-turn-on-iphone-lock-screen-widgets-right-now\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:00:59","slug":"you-should-turn-on-iphone-lock-screen-widgets-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-turn-on-iphone-lock-screen-widgets-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#You Should Turn On iPhone Lock Screen Widgets Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e57c8dfca7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e57c8dfca7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-turn-on-iphone-lock-screen-widgets-right-now\/#%E2%80%9CYou_Should_Turn_On_iPhone_Lock_Screen_Widgets_Right_Now%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;You Should Turn On iPhone Lock Screen Widgets Right Now&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-turn-on-iphone-lock-screen-widgets-right-now\/#Lock_Screen_Widgets_Are_New_So_Heres_a_Nudge\" >Lock Screen Widgets Are New, So Here\u2019s a Nudge<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-should-turn-on-iphone-lock-screen-widgets-right-now\/#Theyre_Not_Just_Useful_They_Can_Help_You_Focus\" >They\u2019re Not Just Useful, They Can Help You Focus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYou_Should_Turn_On_iPhone_Lock_Screen_Widgets_Right_Now%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;You Should Turn On iPhone Lock Screen Widgets Right Now&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-840378 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iPhoneLockScreenWidgets1.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A composite photo of an iPhone showing lock screen widgets.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"Apple\/How-To Geek\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\/How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you have an iPhone and haven\u2019t added some widgets to your lock screen yet, you really should. I ignored the feature, and now that I\u2019m using it, I can\u2019t get over what a time and attention-saver it is.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lock_Screen_Widgets_Are_New_So_Heres_a_Nudge\"><\/span>Lock Screen Widgets Are New, So Here\u2019s a Nudge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Apple released iOS 16 on September 12, 2022, and it has a host of new features, including lock screen widgets. As of this writing, the feature is roughly a month old, so you can certainly be forgiven for not even being aware of lock screen widgets (let alone playing around with them).<\/p>\n<p>Even being aware of them, I\u2019ll admit I didn\u2019t pay them much attention. Way back in 2020, with the release of iOS 14, iPhones finally got home screen widgets.<\/p>\n<p>It took me a bit to adopt those too, and when I finally did, I found them genuinely useful. But when the lock screen widgets arrived, my attitude was, \u201cWho cares? I already have widgets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lately, however, I\u2019ve been attempting to change some phone-related habits, and I didn\u2019t realize how much lock screen widgets could help with them.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Theyre_Not_Just_Useful_They_Can_Help_You_Focus\"><\/span>They\u2019re Not Just Useful, They Can Help You Focus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sure, there\u2019s a fundamental benefit to putting some information on your lock screen: you don\u2019t have to unlock or open your phone to get that information. But I found that the lock screen widgets offered a bigger benefit because than just that because they helped me change two less-than-productive phone behavioral patterns.<\/p>\n<p>First, I\u2019ve been trying to open the phone less because opening your phone up is an attention trap. You might think you\u2019re unlocking your phone and opening the home screen just to check the weather or just to reference your to-do list, but once that magical distraction portal is open, who knows what might happen?<\/p>\n<p>A simple \u201cIs it going to rain tonight?\u201d might become a distraction-filled plunge into <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> or Googling random things.<\/p>\n<p>Second, and directly related to that first point, I\u2019ve been trying to jump right to the app I need without any stops in between. While I\u2019m sure there are people out there with the kind of laser focus that allows them to open their phone, see all the shiny colorful app icons, and <em>not<\/em> think about ten other things related directly, indirectly, or not at all, to the task at hand, I\u2019m not one of them, and I\u2019m sure a lot of you can relate.<\/p>\n<p>To those ends, not only are iPhone lock screen widgets great in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> \u201coh neat, I can see stuff without unlocking my phone\u201d they\u2019re fantastic for my purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In my case, simply putting one of the numerous <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/carrot-weather-alerts-radar\/id961390574?at=1010l392g&amp;ct=htg840332\">Carrot Weather widgets<\/a> (seriously, they have 19 widgets, including one where you can customize with any combination of 18 data points) and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/todoist-to-do-list-planner\/id572688855?at=1010l392g&amp;ct=htg840332\">Todoist widget<\/a> meant the number of times I needed to open my phone and navigate through the home screen, and various apps dropped dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Now, glancing at my phone, I can see the time and weather (with one tap to see more detailed weather). I can also see my daily to-do list entries without opening my phone, and when I want to check them off, add more, or see them in more detail, it\u2019s a single tap that takes me right to the daily to-do list.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple thing, but by just adding the two widgets, the number of times per day I open my phone to access my to-do list and end up distracted with something else has plummeted. In fact, opening the phone to the home screen to use other apps feels like a conscious choice instead of a \u201cwell, here we are at the home screen for the 200th time today\u201d routine.<\/p>\n<p>Your experience with lock screen widgets might not be quite as dramatic, I certainly can\u2019t promise that they\u2019ll magically help you interact with your phone in a different, less distracted, and more purposeful way.<\/p>\n<p>But I\u2019d still encourage you to check out this guide to adding widgets to your iPhone lock screen to see the native iOS widgets, the widgets your favorite apps have, and how they can put the information you want right in front of you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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