As iOS 16 personalization takes off, ‘Top Widgets’ climbs to No. 1 on the App Store, replacing BeReal

Furthermore, the software contains an intriguing widget type called “x-panel,” which combines a number of data blocks — such as battery %, storage space utilised, Wi-Fi toggles, and more — into a single dashboard-like widget that can be pinned to your Home Screen.

This x-panel type widget has now been transferred to the Lock Screen with the introduction of iOS 16, delivering a mini dashboard of information about your phone that you can examine without having to unlock your device. Because the present Lock Screen design restricts the number of widgets that may be added, this might be handy for individuals who want more information at a glance.

The Top Widgets app for iOS 16 also includes a variety of alternative Lock Screen widget kinds, such as animations and cartoons, which smartly exploit the Lock Screen’s rectangular widget shapes to produce a picture stretched over two widgets put side by side.