Apple announced iOS 18.2 in October, more than a month after the tech company's announcement iOS 18.1. iOS 18.2 brings several new ones Apple Intelligence features on some iPhones, but iOS 18 it also gives you more ways to customize your iPhone. The operating system allows you to customize your lock screen and home screenand lets you turn your home screen apps into widgets and easily resize those widgets.
In past versions of iOS, you would have to delete a widget if you didn't like its size. Once you delete it, you'll have to go through the whole process of choosing the right size, adding it to your screen, and then finding the right place for it. Now, you don't have to take those extra steps and you can instantly resize your widget.
Read more: Everything you need to know about iOS 18
Here's how you can add and change your home screen widgets in iOS 18.
How to add widgets to your home screen
Long press an app until a menu appears. Then, you will see some new tiled icons in the form of different widgets.
Some apps, such as Weather, display four options of different sizes: the app icon, a small tile, a longer tile, and then a large tile that looks like the entire page. Other apps, like Contacts, will only show the tile icon and one other tile option. Tap the size widget you want to try and your app will expand to the home screen in real time. Some apps, like Messages, don't have widgets, so you won't see these options.
Before iOS 18, you had to long press on the home screen, tap the plus (+) login in the upper right corner of the screen and then look for the right add-on. Now you can easily add widgets without looking for them.
How to resize widgets on your home screen
You can also resize widgets in the same way. Long press the widget until the menu appears, then select the widget size you want to try.
If you've arranged your apps a certain way around your home screen, adding or resizing widgets will likely break your custom layout. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to lock custom app layouts, so you may need to re-arrange your apps after adding a widget or resizing it.
For more on iOS 18, here's what you need to know iOS 18.2 and iOS 18.1 and ours iOS 18 Cheat Sheet. You can also check out what your iPhone might come with iOS 18.3.
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