Home Widget, thin widgets for HomeKit [SORTEO]

We tested the Home Widget for HomeKit app which allows us to create widgets for HomeKit including sensors, devices and scenes, with lots of customization options. A lifetime license can be yours if you win one of the five draws. All information below.

Create Widgets for HomeKit

Since Apple added the ability to add widgets on the iPhone and iPad, it has added new options, but we still don’t have native widgets for the Home app. Being able to know the status of our devices, sensor measurements and activate environments from the home screen would be very useful for those of us who use HomeKit, but we are still waiting for Apple to give us the option. . Luckily, we have third-party apps, and Home Widget for HomeKit offers us this possibility with a multitude of optionsnot only on what type of widgets to add, but also on how to customize them.

The creation of widgets is very simple since the application guides you through all the steps to follow. If you’ve already set up your devices and environments at home, just add the ones you want to appear in your widgets. You have widgets of different sizes, for single device, for 8 and for 16

. You can combine devices from different rooms, as well as mix devices, environments, and sensors.

Once the widgets are created, the application lets you save a backup in iCloud, so that if you have a new iPhone or if you lose information for any reason, you can restore it comfortably without having to repeat the whole procedure. This is a point in favor of the application, an option that until now I had not seen in any other.

Widgets also have many customization options. You can make them go completely unnoticed, blending in with your home screen aesthetic, or you can give it bold solid colors, it’s up to you. You can even make them look like iOS icons, an option the developer says is still in the experimental phase but works just fine.

Among the options offered to us for the buttons of each widget we have the possibility of change the icon among the dozens of icons that the application offers us. They come in all types and designs, so it won’t be difficult to find the one you need.

Using Widgets

Apple imposes many restrictions on its widgets, but Home Widget manages to overcome them very effectively. For example, iOs 15 widgets are not interactive, you cannot perform actions directly without the app being open. Good with HomeWidget when you tap on the action you want to perform, the app will open with a waiting screen that will perform the action in one second and disappear

taking you back to the home screen.

Another limitation concerns the sensors. Apple does not allow metered data to update in the background. In this way, the sensor data will only be updated when the application is opened. You can configure Home Widget to notify you from time to time (you adjust it) that the data has not been updated, even a button appears that reminds you to refresh. Don’t want something to bother you or ruin the look of your widget? You can also do this if you wish.

It’s not the ideal operation we all dream of, but These are two solutions to two problems that have nothing to do with the app but with Apple’s restrictions

, and the truth is that they solve the problem intelligently. If Apple decides in iOS 16 to give widgets another twist, the developer has already confirmed to us that it will be happy to modify the behavior of its application to take full advantage of it.

Home Widget for HomeKit

The app is free on the App Store (link), with in-app purchases to get the most out of it. You have three types of subscription:

• Licence monthly for $0.49 per month
• Licence annual for $3.99 per year
• Licence lifetime for $8.99 in one payment

Win a lifetime license on our channel

The app developer has given us five lifetime licenses for our YouTube channel readers and subscribers. If you want to enter the raffle and win one, just go to our youtube channel (link), subscribe and comment Home Widget app for HomeKit video. Among all the participants, we will choose five who will win a lifetime license to enjoy this fantastic application. You can participate until Friday, March 11 at 11:59 p.m.

And tonight on our live podcast, where we’ll detail all about this afternoon’s event, We will be giving away 10 monthly licenses among everyone who attends the live show on our YouTube channelso don’t miss it starting at 11:30 p.m. today, March 8.