
These App Clips can be found by tappable NFC tags or QR codes around you. It relies on Apple Pay and Apple's sign-in instead of requiring you to make a Panera account if you don't have one.Īnother example is using an App Clip to pay for a parking meter or rent a scooter. It's a lightweight version of the Panera app you can use to check the menu and place an order for pick up. For example, if you're browsing Panera's menu in Safari or looking up the closest restaurants near you in Maps, an App Clip might pop up from the bottom of your screen. This comes in the form of App Clips, which are bite-sized versions (10-megabytes or less) of apps that you can use for one-off instances. In the afternoon, it might switch to your calendar widget, and in the evening, it might show your fitness activity summary.Īpple wants to make it easier for you to find and use new apps based on what you are doing and where you are. For example, in the morning, Smart Stack might show you a morning news briefing. You can swipe through this to see the others, or Smart Stack will automatically change the widget based on time of day and your usual activity. One particular widget from Apple is Smart Stack, which bundles together a variety of widgets into one oblong-shaped box. Just be aware that developers may not have widgets ready yet (or no plans to make one) for your apps. To see all the widgets available with the apps you have installed, there's a Widget Library.

This allows you to customize how your phone looks and quickly access certain functions, like switching music tracks with your music app's widget. Now, you can pull these widgets out and into your home screen (just like on Android) and get alternate sizes for them (you can't pull widgets out of Today View on iPadOS). Until now, the iPhone's widgets have been relegated to the Today View on the left of the main screen.
