They sure ruined the stocks app widget

[newdeal]

I hope someone from Apple reads this, the new stocks app widgets are terrible. No one who follows stocks wants half the widget to be news that no one cares about. They put the important information in a tiny little section, got rid of the slightly useful quick glance charts for the tickets, and replaced it with this abomination. Does anyone know of a decent, ad free, stocks app that has a good Mac widget?

 

[Ashishd45]

i thought the same but you can change it by editing the widget - can remove the news stories

 

[Fishrrman]

I agree with the OP about the news stories.
I don't want to see that.
When I invoke the widget, I want to see the stock name, the current price, and how much it's gone up or down.
Here's the widget from Mojave for an example:

Tells me what I need to know.

Ashishd -- could you tell us HOW to remove the news stories?
I can't find a way to edit the appearance of the new widget.
Some tips and guidance, please...?

 

[Ashishd45]

i was referring to iOS rather than macOS. Assumed can do the same on Mac but obviously not?

 

[mmdotking]

Yep, I hated that also. But you can still edit it. Couple of steps on mac. Add the stock widget again, then I can edit "stocks" and remove news, show stories "never", choose my list, etc.

 

[david911]

Completely bogus iOS widget update. I want to see price, % change. no news. I kind of liked the previous graph. Anyone have any alternatives, or is there a way to fix this?

 

[demyers]

Yep, I hated that also. But you can still edit it. Couple of steps on mac. Add the stock widget again, then I can edit "stocks" and remove news, show stories "never", choose my list, etc.

Thank you for this tip. I've only upgraded my iPad so far and hate the news on the widget, but there was no option to edit it. I had to add the widget again in order to get the edit option.

 

[eji]

I noticed this too and got here via a Google search to see if I was going nuts. The launch-day iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia Stocks widget had Apple News headlines by default with no visible option to disable them. I took note of this at the time because it seemed heavy-handed and less usable. Today, all the widgets across my devices seemed to auto-revert to a more usable display showing day-to-day changes and no headlines. There was no interaction on my part.

EDIT: It looks like the new default behavior for the Stocks widget is to go into a 'headline mode' after trading ends. Hence the different appearances. The solution posted above—that is, to remove the widget and then re-add it—worked for me because I was able to see the configuration options after that. I then set the app to never show News headlines.

 

[BostonQuad]

Completely bogus iOS widget update. I want to see price, % change. no news. I kind of liked the previous graph. Anyone have any alternatives, or is there a way to fix this?

Yes, by editing the widget options:

Long tap on the widget to get the "Edit Widget" option. Tap Edit Widget, where you can set Show Stories to Never. Tap Show More Details if desired. It won't add the little chart, but it will add daily point and % change.

(If the stock widget is part of a stack, I couldn't find a way to edit it. I removed it and added it again.)

 

[GlenK]

Yep, I hated that also. But you can still edit it. Couple of steps on mac. Add the stock widget again, then I can edit "stocks" and remove news, show stories "never", choose my list, etc.

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Thanks to you all for this. It was driving me crazy!!! The delete and re-add did the trick!!!

 

[arnolds1]

Yes, by editing the widget options:

Long tap on the widget to get the "Edit Widget" option. Tap Edit Widget, where you can set Show Stories to Never. Tap Show More Details if desired. It won't add the little chart, but it will add daily point and % change.

(If the stock widget is part of a stack, I couldn't find a way to edit it. I removed it and added it again.)

Thank you - glad this can be turned off on both iOS and MacOS - such a pointless update, changing things just for the sake of it.

Btw, I had to tap the left bottom corner handle on iOS to see the settings menu where I could turn off the stories.

 

[Fishrrman]

In its seeming never-ending quest to make things "elegant and simple", the software designers at Apple end up creating interfaces that are actually frustrating and more difficult to set up...