{"id":467541,"date":"2026-06-08T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/467541\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:44:10","slug":"ios-27-adds-extra-large-widgets-for-your-extra-large-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/467541\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27 adds extra-large widgets for your extra-large needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With iOS 27<\/a>, users will be able to add new extra-large widgets to their Today View and Home Screen. Here are the details.<\/p>\n

Apple announced iOS 27 today<\/a>, bringing hundreds of new features, including the much-anticipated Siri AI, improved search, and new Apple Intelligence capabilities sprinkled throughout the system.<\/p>\n

And while iOS 27 includes plenty of high-profile additions, it also introduces several smaller changes, including independente volume settings<\/a> for alarms and timers, and for alerts and system sounds.<\/p>\n

Another is a new extra-large widget size, which joins the existing small, medium, and large widget options available on the Home Screen and in Today View.<\/p>\n

Small widgets are essentially 2\u00d72 panels, medium widgets are 4\u00d72, and large widgets are 4\u00d74. With iOS 27, the new extra-large widget size offers a 4\u00d76 canvas, giving apps more room to surface information at a glance.<\/p>\n

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As with other widget sizes, users can resize an extra-large widget by dragging the bottom-right drag handle, either shrinking it to a smaller format or expanding an existing widget into the new extra-large layout.<\/p>\n

Right now, only a handful of Apple\u2019s built-in widgets support the new extra-large size, but support should expand as developers update their apps ahead of iOS 27\u2019s release this fall.<\/p>\n

For ongoing updates and full coverage of WWDC26, head over to our\u00a0news hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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