Setting “Today View” as the Default Home Screen (Feedback ID: FB18760524)

[iFanaddic]

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to put this out there—I sent feedback to Apple (FB18760524) asking if they could let us set the Today View (the one with all your widgets) as the default first home screen.

Personally, I find the Today View way more useful than a bunch of app icons. On the Today View, I can scroll vertically and stack a bunch of useful widgets in one place. With the home screen, you’re still limited to that grid layout, and once you fill the space, that’s it—no scroll. Meanwhile, the Today View feels like a real dashboard—everything I actually need to check quickly. But every time I unlock my phone or go back to the home screen, I have to swipe over to the left to get to it. It's a small thing, but its also such a quick fix that would make the today view actually useful to the mass.

It would be great if Apple gave us the option to start right on the Today View, especially since they’ve been putting more focus on widgets in recent iOS versions. Could just be a simple toggle in settings—those who like it could turn it on, others don’t have to.

If that’s something you’d find useful too, feel free to send feedback and reference FB18760524. Or just chime in here—curious to see if I’m the only one who wants this.

 

[tomtad]

The best solution to me would be to ditch the Today view and just allow vertical scrolling on the home screen. It's so damn annoying when you add a widget, or app icon, and it fires everything off to the next page messing up all your pages, having the home screen as a vertically scrollable page would make it much more flexible and easier to add new widgets to.

Also it would be good to retain multiple pages, so you could have one with all your news widgets/apps on, or audio, or work stuff. Just swipe between them and then vertically scroll each one. You can add as many widgets and apps as you like.

 

[HouseLannister]

Have never ever put anything in the today view screen and would just like a toggle to disable it.

 

[Paddle1]

Why don't you put your widgets on the home screen? You'd just have to scroll side to side instead of up and down.

 

[iFanaddic]

Have never ever put anything in the today view screen and would just like a toggle to disable it.

Indeed, because right now its in an inconvenient place and mostly accessed accidentally by most people.

 

[iFanaddic]

Why don't you put your widgets on the home screen? You'd just have to scroll side to side instead of up and down.

Please hear me out, first, I really enjoy the first level blurr and the vertical scrolling it enables. From it, I see my calendars, todos, homekit accessories, track my family’s whereabouts. Its really everything I want to be see when scrolling through my phone when I pick it up — catch up or take action without opening a bunch of apps just to end up doomscrolling.

The home screen is too precious to be limited to a 6x3 grid with app icons. It’s very 2000 and late. I’m convinced this simple toggle would give the OS a while new breath of life for a lot of people, dare I say give Apple something to inspire building upon..?

In future iOS release, Apple could add Live Activities to free up the dynamic island (thats bound to disappear in a few years anyway if the rumors are true..) and as they sort out their Apple Intelligence stuff, add priority notifications, integrate a new generation spotlight with commands like they did in Tahoe, and App Library 2.0 (), Smart Stack like on the Apple Watch for better widget predictability. Widgets could even change size dynamically based on actions such as; double tap, press and hold or maybe even eye movement..one can dream!

It would likely inspire a whole new generation of widgets that are more ‘time and action sensitive’ in these busy lives we live.

Just think about it, the possibilities are endless! Its the one thing that would make iOS feel dramatically different and yet still make sense to the end user.

 

[Yptcn]

I love Today View and use it multiple times a day. I have a couple of widgets there and most used shortcuts . Plus an app launcher with apps I use frequently . My only home screen has the most important apps only.