Desktop widgets are relatively new to Apple’s mobile devices. We first saw widgets in iOS 14 in 2020 and they didn’t come to iPadOS until last year in 2021.
Now an iOS 16 leak shows a screenshot with a new widget type which, according to this source, Apple internally calls “InfoShack”.
It is a kind of «mega widget», which it can house “normal widgets” as well as Control Center buttons, speed dial options for contacts, functions of an application or the start of navigation to a destination.
Yet, Not sure if this image is real, as it has some suspicious elements like the Apple TV remote. The icon shown in the screenshot is different from the current one and does not accurately reflect the design of the current Apple TV remote.
EXCLUSIVE: iOS 16.
Be prepared for interactive widgets! Apple is now working on these “big widgets” internally called InfoShack.
I will talk more about them soon. pic.twitter.com/GZF9zYjOsw— LeaksApplePro (@LeaksApplePro) January 26, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: iOS 16.
The leaker promises more information “coming soon”, so we’ll have to wait for more information.
We should know more about iOS 16 at WWDC 2022, which should take place around June 2022, should Apple stick to its annual schedule.
Apple usually releases a developer beta of its next iOS as soon as it’s revealed at WWDC, and about a week later there’s a public beta, which is a little more stable and accessible to anyone willing to give it a try.