Added to iPad and answered!5 basic widgets

Life Hacker [Japanese version] Reprinted from the article published on October 27, 2021

In iPados 15, widgets can be placed on the home screen of the iPad together with other apps, making it more efficient to check and collect information.

This time, we will introduce five recommended widgets that you want to add to the iPad.

1.Smart news

There are several news widgets, but "Smart News" is attractive because you can choose the number of news that can be displayed from several patterns.

If you feel annoying with the number of news, you can choose a small widget that displays only one latest news, and if you want to grasp as much information as possible on the home screen, nine news.A large size widget that displays is also available.

Of course, if you tap each news, you can open the app and read the news.You can collect information efficiently.

2.Email

If you are using a standard email app, we recommend that you add a "email" widget.

What is particularly useful is that not all new emails are displayed, but only emails from those registered in "VIP" are extracted and displayed.

If you register an important work partner in advance, it will help prevent important emails from missing.Of course, if you tap each news, you can open the app and read the news.You can collect information efficiently.

3.File

If you have many opportunities to browse documents on your iPad, "files" widgets are also useful.Four recently used files are displayed, and tapping them will open that file.

If you set up Google Drive or Dropbox linked on the "File" app side, you can also display those files.You can access the required files quickly.

4.Memo

In iOS15, a new feature "Quick Memo" that can quickly take notes by swiping from the lower right of the iPad screen has been added.What I want to use at the same time is a "memo" widget that makes it easier to access existing memos.

The recently used notes are arranged in order from the new ones, and if there is an image in the memo, the thumbnail will be displayed together.

The number of displayed items can be selected from one, three, and six, and each memo screen can be opened immediately.

In addition, you can access the memo list by tapping the yellow part of the upper part.

5.Shortcut

Widgets are also available in the "shortcuts" that automate a series of registered operations in advance.

The displayed target can specify "All apps" or any folder.If a folder is specified, four shortcuts will be displayed on the widget from the top of the folder.

The execution starts as soon as each shortcut is tapped, so if you register the operation frequently, such as "Open the post screen on the Twitter application" and "Open a book to read with the Kindle app", you can use it frequently to operate the operation.Can be efficient.

An iPad widget that has improved usability because it can be displayed in a favorite location on the home screen.It should make your iPad more efficient.Please use it at work.