{"id":568697,"date":"2026-03-27T22:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/568697\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:23:11","slug":"ios-26-upgraded-one-of-apples-best-home-screen-widgets-in-two-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/568697\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26 upgraded one of Apple\u2019s best Home Screen widgets in two ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ios-26-home-screen-widgets-photos.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.4 just added <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/03\/20\/ios-26-4-adds-brand-new-widgets-for-your-iphones-home-screen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brand new widgets<\/a> for the iPhone\u2019s Home Screen, but you might not know that fairly recently, Apple also upgraded its popular Photos widget in two ways.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/apple-Photos-app-ios-26.jpg\" alt=\"Apple\u2019s Photos app iOS 26\" class=\"wp-image-1008246\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Out of all iPhone Home Screen widgets, Photos undoubtedly is among the most popular options.<\/p>\n<p>Plenty of widgets offer valuable utility, like showing your upcoming calendar events. But widgets for the Photos app have a special surprise and delight element that\u2019s hard to match.<\/p>\n<p>And in iOS 26, Apple\u2019s Photos widgets gained two new options:<\/p>\n<p>Spatial Scenes<\/p>\n<p>Full color<\/p>\n<p>Spatial Scenes are a new iOS 26 feature that let your photos gain depth so you can pan around and see them react to your movement. It\u2019s a fun parallax effect.<\/p>\n<p>The Spatial effect is an especially great feature for <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/06\/09\/ios-26-lock-screen-liquid-glass-animations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">your Lock Screen wallpaper<\/a>. But hidden behind certain Photos widgets you\u2019ll also see the option for a \u2018Spatial Scene Effect\u2019 on your Home Screen widget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photos-widgets-edit-ios-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045439\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Photos widgets feature a new \u2018Always Display in Full Color\u2019 toggle.<\/p>\n<p>If you use Clear or Tinted looks for your Home Screen icons, the \u2018Full Color\u2019 toggle ensures you\u2019ll still see photos display in their original form. Otherwise, by default the widget shows you a Clear or Tinted version to match the rest of your Home Screen.<\/p>\n<p>You can adjust your Photos widgets with these new settings by long-pressing the widget and hitting \u2018Edit Widget.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>What are some of your favorite iPhone Home Screen widgets, and do they include Photos? 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