iOS 14 leak reveals wallpaper and widget customizations for your Home screen
Here’s what to expect
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WWDC 2020might be online only this year for obvious reasons, but we’re still expectingAppleto unveil itsiOS 14update on schedule in June, with a full roll out in September. A couple of new leaks hint that extra Home screen customizations are on the way with the new software.
Some digging into early iOS 14 code by9to5Machas revealed that Apple is at least experimenting with the idea of Home screen widgets – not just a side panel as in iPadOS, but fully fledged widgets that can be repositioned as required.
Android phones have offered widgets for years of course, and in recent software updates Apple has shown some willingness to move away from the uniform rows and columns of icons on iPhones and iPads.
9to5Mac says the feature is still in testing and might be scrapped, so don’t get your hopes up too much just yet. Extraaugmented realityfeatures and a newapp switcherare also being tipped for iOS 14.
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We’ve also got an early look at a revamped wallpaper picker for iOS 14, as revealed by@DongleBookProon Twitter (a leaker with a fairly respectable track record when it comes to Apple reveals).
As well as showing off some new wallpaper designs for iOS 14, this time split up into separate categories for more straightforward browsing, the pictures also reveal more options for how wallpapers are applied.
You’ll be able to set wallpapers as dynamic, or as flat, or as a gradient, according to the screenshots. You’ll also be able to dim wallpapers when your phone’s in dark mode, something you can already do iniOS 13.
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Apple hasn’t announced specific dates forWWDC2020, or said exactly how the online format will work, but the event usually takes place in early June. As well as news on iOS 14, we should also hear about software updates to all Apple’sother productstoo.
Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
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