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Widgetsmith is not on Android. Here's what to use instead — KWGT, UCCW and Android's built-in widgets — and how to get notified when WidgetAI comes to Android.

Build a now playing widget for iPhone that shows the Apple Music song, artist and album art in your own layout. Read on-device, designed by chat in WidgetAI.

Build a custom calendar widget for iPhone: today's agenda, a big next-meeting tile, or the forecast beside your schedule. Calendars are read on-device, never uploaded.

How often do photo widgets change on iPhone? Why Apple's Photos widget rotates on its own schedule, and how to build one that shows exactly the photos you pick.

Build a custom weather widget for iPhone by describing it: hourly forecast, sunrise and sunset, rain chance, air quality, or the forecast beside your next meeting.

Build a daily quote widget for your iPhone Home Screen — a quote of the day, your own affirmations, or a fixed line — with serif type, gradients and outlines, by chat.

Build a custom Reminders widget for iPhone — your next reminder, today's count, or a checklist — in your own layout. Read on-device, designed by chat in WidgetAI.

Build a custom news widget for iPhone from any RSS feed — Hacker News, the BBC, a blog, a subreddit. Describe the headline layout in chat and WidgetAI builds it.

Build a custom stock widget for iPhone: any ticker with a sparkline, green or red by the day's change, several symbols on one tile, or crypto beside your stocks.

Widgetsmith vs Color Widgets, honestly compared: preset depth, speed, weather and health data, icon packs and wallpapers, and what to do when neither fits.

Widgy vs Widgetsmith, compared honestly: layer-by-layer control versus polished presets, learning curve, data sources, sizes, pricing model, and a third option.

Build a world clock widget for iPhone with two or three time zones on one tile, 12 or 24-hour time, and day/night shading. Describe it in chat, refine by talking.

Put your own JSON API's data on your iPhone Home Screen without writing a WidgetKit app or a Scriptable script. Paste a URL in chat, and WidgetAI builds the widget.

See your steps, sleep, activity rings, and heart rate on your iPhone Home Screen. WidgetAI reads Apple Health on-device, with your permission, and you design it by chatting.

Get your GitHub contributions graph as an iPhone Home Screen widget. WidgetAI reads your public profile by username, renders the commit heatmap, and lets you restyle it in chat.

Build a custom iPhone battery widget by describing it in chat: a ring gauge, a fill bar, or a big number. Plus the honest reason every battery widget moves in 5% steps.

Build a Bitcoin or Ethereum price widget for your iPhone Home Screen by describing it in chat. Add a sparkline, coin logo, and green/red price coloring.

The honest list of iPhone widget limitations — no buttons, no real-time updates, 5% battery steps — the reasons behind each, and what widgets are genuinely great at.

Why your iPhone widget isn't updating: how WidgetKit timelines work, the daily refresh budget, how to force a refresh, and whether a widget can update every 30 seconds.

An honest tour of Widgetsmith alternatives in 2026 — Widgy, Color Widgets, ScreenKit, WidgetClub — plus when describing a widget in chat beats hunting for a preset.

Our category-by-category picks for the best iPhone Home Screen widgets in 2026: weather, calendar, health, battery, photos, news, finance, and developer.

How the AI widget maker in WidgetAI works: describe a widget, it designs the layout, wires live data, and shows a preview you refine by chatting. iPhone.

WidgetAI is now on the App Store. Build a custom iPhone Home Screen widget by describing it in chat, then refine it by talking. Here's what it does today.