How to make the "iPhone" home screen fashionable with a new feature of "iOS 14"

　Let's change the boring home screen of "iPhone".Fortunately, Apple's new mobile OS "iOS 14" has finally been able to change the home screen and change it to your liking.The current trend is to make the iPhone home screen fashionable.Here are some customization methods using two apps.

　This article introduces how to change the icon on the home screen of the iPhone and the app name to be displayed, or customize the home screen using a widget.Of course, there is no route or jailbreak of devices, no skin or launcher.

How to change the app icon

　Updates to iOS 14 can be customized as you like in the following ways.

1.Open the "Shortcut" app (pre -installed).

2.Tap the " +" icon at the top right of the screen.

3.Select "Add Action".

4.If you enter "Open App" in the search bar, the "Open App" command will be suggested in the "Action" column. Tap it.

5.Tap "Select" and select the app you want to customize.For example, Facebook, Spotify, message, etc.

6.Tap "..." at the top right of the screen.Enter the shortcut name in the comment box displayed thinly and tap "Add to the home screen".

7.Enter the app name for the display that you considered in "Home screen name and icon".

8.Next, find a new icon image in "Safari".For example, you can search with keywords such as "Facebook Icon Aesthetic".If you find your favorite icon, add it to the "Photo".

9.Tap the icon image in the "Home Screen and Icon" column.In the displayed menu, tap "Select a photo" and tap the image for the icon just saved earlier.The image is cut out into a square shape suitable for the icon.You can operate the place to cut out yourself.Once the cutout position is determined, tap "Select".

10.Tap "Add" at the top right of the screen.

　This displays the customized icon on the screen.The original icon also remains on the home screen, but if you press and hold this, "delete App" and then "Move App to the library", it will not be displayed on the home screen.

Change the home screen with the "WidgetSmith" app

　You don't need to see the home screen with only the app icons.Let's change the home screen using an app.

1.Download the "WidgetSmith" app to the iPhone.

2.Open the app and select the size of the widget from three types: Small, Medium, and Large.

3.Tap the widget you want to customize.You can arrange the font and color of the widget.Once you have a favorite design, tap "save" to complete.

4.Display the home screen and press and hold the app.Tap "Edit home screen".

5.Tap " +" at the top left of the screen and search for WidgetSmith.Tap when you find it.

6.Select the size of the widget you want to add to the home screen and tap "Add Widget".

7.Press and hold the widget and select "Edit Widgets" to change the widget.Now you can display various sizes icons on the home screen, and you can customize the appearance.

　なお、現在カスタマイズできるアプリは以下のものだ。TIME、DATE、CUSTOME（指定した画像やテキスト、日時を組み合わせて表示できる）、BATTERY、CALENDAR、REMINDERS、WEATHER（有料プランのみ）、HEALTH&ACTIVITY、TIDES（有料プランのみ）、ASTRONOMY。

This article edited an article from overseas CBS Interactive by Asahi Interactive for Japan.