Gmail App for iOS Gains iOS 14 Widget Support

[MacRumors]

Google today updated its Gmail app designed for the iPhone and the iPad, introducing a new widget that can be added to the Today center alongside other widgets or to the Home Screen on an iPhone.

After updating, the Gmail widget can be added to the Home Screen by pressing and holding to enter jiggle mode and then tapping the "+" button. From there, scroll down and tap on Gmail to add the widget, using a finger to drag it to the appropriate spot.

The Gmail widget can be used to search within the Gmail app, compose a new email message, or view unread email messages. It provides shortcuts for these tasks only and does not list sensitive email information nor can it be customized with other functionality.

Article Link: Gmail App for iOS Gains iOS 14 Widget Support

 

[GeoStructural]

Widgets have potential and I hope Apple delivers it with the next iteration. Right now they are basically huge icons.

I want widgets to be contextual, interactive, clickable and able to perform the functions of the app from the main screen without taking me to it and adding one more step to the process.

 

[synergize]

Good looking widget, can see it from across the stadium!

 

[seanbperiod]

Wow - great job on a useless widget - so instead of just viewing the app icon with unread counts, or just tapping the icon to open the app and getting the same functionality, we now have the option of taking up 8 icon spaces. Awesome work Google!

 

[contacos]

Wow - great job on a useless widget - so instead of just viewing the app icon with unread counts, or just tapping the icon to open the app and getting the same functionality, we now have the option of taking up 8 icon spaces. Awesome work Google!

well to be fair, they are pretty limited by apples widget guidelines

 

[LFC2020]

Is that iPhone 12 pro yellow screengate I see in them screenshots. 🤦‍♂️

There is no escaping it 🤦‍♂️😂 IT'S EVERYWHERE. 😱😱😱

 

[chrisduketv]

I echo @seanbperiod with this... my initial thought was, if you're going to take up that much space on my screen, why not oh... IDK... show me my newest 3 email subjects? Seems like another useless waste of space.

 

[tgwaste]

I wish apple would allow 1x1 widgets so that I can fit 4 pieces of different information in the same space.

 

[ericg301]

what a waste of space

 

[bobmans]

Tfw Google Widgets for iOS looks better than the Google Widgets for Android.

 

[gaximus]

Is that iPhone 12 pro yellow screengate I see in them screenshots. 🤦‍♂️

There is no escaping it 🤦‍♂️😂 IT'S EVERYWHERE. 😱😱😱

Any chance you're viewing it on an iPhone 12 Pro?

 

[iDento]

Tfw Google Widgets for iOS looks better than the Google Widgets for Android.

They look better because iOS itself looks better. Functionality? Not much.

 

[dumastudetto]

This widget is fantastically useful for the iPhone user who spends all day composing new gmail messages, and searching for old messages.

 

[AussieStu]

wow, exciting

 

[tymeframe]

This is cool. Excited to see what third parties do with these.

 

[pdaholic]

This widget is a huge waste of space on the home screen. Surprisingly the yahoo widget is much more useful—it shows my newest 3 emails in the smallest widget, and the medium widget looks good and is interactive. Just unfortunate you can only see one account at a time with the yahoo app.

 

[macduke]

One of the most useless widgets I've seen so far, lol. And that's saying something!

 

[macduke]

Widgets have potential and I hope Apple delivers it with the next iteration. Right now they are basically huge icons.

I want widgets to be contextual, interactive, clickable and able to perform the functions of the app from the main screen without taking me to it and adding one more step to the process.

Yes! I love being able to see my things to-do list but when I click on a to-do checkbox, it just opens the app to that task and flashes that task yellow. It doesn't even check it off! I have to tap on it a second time. Would love to just check off an item and have the next one flow up in the widget. I order my tasks by priority so the next important task should float up to the bottom of the list.

 

[4jasontv]

This looks great. To bad that I am traveling the opposite direction.

 

[msp3]

Wow looks as ugly as the lagdroid version

 

[macMD]

Maybe if Apple actually put some effort into how widgets should be useful we wouldn’t have the crappy widgets we have. As someone who use Android years and years ago they actually make widgets useful. Apple has one gain iterated claimed success and will take years to actually do anything useful with it.

 

[rafark]

Fugly. It looks like Android!!

 

[gSOLO]

A lot of wasted space. Easier to just launch the app.

 

[Beelzbub]

I just wish the Gmail app would allow me to click phone numbers within an email message and dial them like the stock email app.

 

[Daves0024]

I dont even see the option to add the widget and my gmail app is up to date