Although clearly iOS 26 (to the present, known as iOS 29) will be the main operating system WWDC 2025, Apple also prepares large changes for the rest of the operating systems. One of them, of course, is, of course, Watchos 26, which will not only receive a new interface with rounded transparents and badges. The filtration at the last minute confirmed the new novelty related to the widgets and the Apple Watch control center.
As we found out, Apple finally will allow Turn on the third party widgets in Apple Watch As soon as they are updated to Watchos 26. They will be visible in the control center, the section that appears when the user slides from the bottom up on the main screen or in some other watch section.
Currently the company This only allows access to various direct access To some functions of Apple Watch. Among them are the possibility of activating or deactivation of a Wi-Fi network or mobile data, silence or battery status. Nevertheless, the difference from iOS, CuPertino never allowed other applications to create its own buttons, for example, to have direct access to a certain management of its application.
Instead, with Watchos 26, and as confirmed by the portal 9to5MAC Referring to people of acquaintances in this matter, developers They can create widgets to include them in the Apple Watch control centerThe field in this way, the application can launch visual widgets (in which you show only information) or permit actions (for example, click to open a specific application section).
Apple Watch Control Center will be more customizable with Watchos 26
With this new function, Apple will add the opportunity Configure widgets in the control centerThe field as indicates the aforementioned source, the Apple Watch application will allow to replace, eliminate and add these direct access in a much more practical way. It is not clear, yes, if in the IOS control center it is possible to change the size of the widgets.
This is undoubtedly a very desirable novelty, taking into account the restrictions of the settings that Apple has in its Apple Watch. In any case, it is likely that in the first months of Launch Watchos 26In addition, in the first beta -versions, the number of third side widgets is significantly limited.
Watchos 26, we repeat, also inherit a new interface that Apple is preparing for all its operating systems. In this case, the Apple Watch may include transparent spheres, shaded icons and glazed and more rounded elements.
Source: Hiper Textual
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