APPLE might be changing your iPhone Home Screen again.
It follows major changes that Apple introduced with iOS 14 back in 2020.
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The transformational update made iPhone Home Screens look totally different.
First off, it introduced the App Library – a place to store your apps.
It means that you don’t have to keep all of your apps on the homescreen.
If you’ve got loads of Home Screen pages, you can tap to hide some of them – and then track down missing apps in the App Library.
It also introduced widgets, which can be placed alongside apps on the home screen.
Now Apple is expected to make another big change with iOS 16.
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According to mobile tipster LeaksApplePro, Apple is introducing new “interactive widgets”.
Currently, widgets on the Home Screen can show information – but not much else.
If you tap them, they’ll simply direct you straight into an app.
You can also currently swipe through widgets if you’re using a widget stack.
But this new iOS 16 widget format is tipped to make them interactive.
For instance, you could have a usable calculator widget – or even a screen brightness adjustor – on the Home Screen.
“Be prepared for interactive widgets,” the leaker wrote.
“Apple is now working on these ‘big widgets’ internally named InfoShack.
“There is a lot of work to do so there could be changes to this during the coming months.”
It could see many of the Control Centre functions, like brightness and the flashlight, moving onto the Home Screen via widgets.
Sadly, Apple hasn’t confirmed anything about iOS 16 just yet.
Usually Apple would announce its new iOS version at its annual WWDC event.
This year, that takes place on June 7.
Shortly after, the software will be made available in “beta” form – where people can test it out, if they choose.
And then it will likely roll out fully in September, launching to the world alongside the rumoured iPhone 14.
Most recent iPhone models should get iOS 16 as a totally free upgrade.
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