Rumor: Apple gives widgets a prominent place in watchOS 10

Apple would give widgets a greater place in its upcoming smartwatch operating system watchOS 10, claims financial news agency Bloomberg. In recent years, the focus has been mainly on apps.

Siri watchface in watchOS 4

For example, all watch faces could integrate information from apps into widgets and, after pressing the ‘digital crown’, the user may no longer be taken to a screen with apps, but to a screen with widgets. writes Bloomberg author Mark Gurman in his newsletter. Because this is a major change in the operation of the watch, the change may initially be optional.

The widgets should bring information from apps to more places in the operating system, much like the Siri watchface has been doing since watchOS 4 and like iOS and iPadOS have been doing with widgets since version 14. Users would be able to stack widgets just like on iPhones and iPads.

It would be the first major change to the watchOS interface in years. The first versions had support for widgets in the form of Glances, but they have not been available in the system for years.