Widgets Are the Best Thing Apple Has Ever Added to the iPhone. Well, Almost

Widgets Are the Best Thing Apple Has Ever Added to the iPhone. Well, Almost

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Widgets Are the Best Thing Apple Has Ever Added to the iPhone. Well, Almost

No one expected Widgets to be such a big deal. Now, Apple can make them a productivity power house.

By Jason Aten , Tech columnist@jasonaten

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It seems clear that adding widgets in iOS 14 is easily the most unexpectedly hot new feature--probably since Apple added the ability to download third-party apps via the App Store in iOS 2. For the past week, the top free app in the App Store is Widgetsmith, which allows users to create and add customized widgets to their Home Screens after it went viral on social media. 

According to data from SensorTower , Widgetsmith and similar apps were downloaded 13.7 million times in the seven days after  iOS 14 was made available . 

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