

This comes in the form of App Clips, which are bite-sized versions (10-megabytes or less) of apps that you can use for one-off instances. In the afternoon, it might switch to your calendar widget, and in the evening, it might show your fitness activity summary.Īpple wants to make it easier for you to find and use new apps based on what you are doing and where you are. For example, in the morning, Smart Stack might show you a morning news briefing. You can swipe through this to see the others, or Smart Stack will automatically change the widget based on time of day and your usual activity. One particular widget from Apple is Smart Stack, which bundles together a variety of widgets into one oblong-shaped box. Just be aware that developers may not have widgets ready yet (or no plans to make one) for your apps.

To see all the widgets available with the apps you have installed, there's a Widget Library.

This allows you to customize how your phone looks and quickly access certain functions, like switching music tracks with your music app's widget. Now, you can pull these widgets out and into your home screen (just like on Android) and get alternate sizes for them (you can't pull widgets out of Today View on iPadOS). Apple usually releases a completely new set of wallpapers in conjunction with new hardware, so expect the iPhone 13 this fall to bring even more choices to the wallpaper selection in iOS 15.Until now, the iPhone's widgets have been relegated to the Today View on the left of the main screen. Be sure to click through and save the full resolution wallpaper, then set it via the Photos app or Settings app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.Īs always, it’s possible that Apple will add new wallpapers again later this fall. You can download the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 wallpapers, in their full resolution, below. The light version has a gray background, while the dark one looks more like a really dark navy blue rather than black. The new wallpaper features some shapes in neutral colors that resemble some kind of abstract painting with a blur effect. As with all recent iOS wallpapers, the new iOS 15 wallpaper is available in a light mode and dark mode variant.

Interestingly, although both iOS 13 and iOS 14 have had multiple new wallpapers since beta 1, iOS 15 beta comes with only one new wallpaper. In addition to bringing new features, iOS 15 beta also comes with a new wallpaper - and you can download it here. Following the release of the first iOS 15 beta for developers, we now have access to the latest version of Apple’s operating system for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
