{"id":98483,"date":"2022-10-16T04:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T04:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/youtube-adds-very-convenient-iphone-homescreen-widgets\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T04:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T04:28:59","slug":"youtube-adds-very-convenient-iphone-homescreen-widgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/youtube-adds-very-convenient-iphone-homescreen-widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube adds very convenient iPhone homescreen widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>YouTube is Google&#8217;s latest app to add iPhone and iPad homescreen widgets with one of them in particular providing very convenient shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuick Actions\u201d measures 4\u00d72 and is billed as \u201cthe fastest way to search and browse YouTube.\u201d  There&#8217;s a \u201cSearch YouTube\u201d field up top that immediately launches that UI with the keyboard open, while the microphone icon brings up voice lookup. <\/p>\n<p>You then have \u201cHome,\u201d \u201cShorts,\u201d and \u201cSubscriptions\u201d to open those respective feeds immediately.  Outline-style icons that appear in the bottom bar are used by this widget.  The latter shortcut is quite convenient, while the middle one does reflect YouTube&#8217;s immense short-form video focus. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a 2\u00d72 \u201cSearch\u201d widget that also has a black or white background (based on system theme) and just allows for quick text entry. <\/p>\n<p>YouTube for iPhone and iPad&#8217;s new homescreen widgets rolled out sometime in the past two weeks, and we&#8217;re seeing them live with version 17.40.5 today.  As always, be sure to open the app first after updating before long-pressing on your homescreen and launching the widget picker from the top-left corner.<\/p>\n<p>The last major drop of iOS widgets by Google was at the start of 2022 with Inbox from Gmail, XL iPad options by Drive, and Translate shortcuts.  Meanwhile, the company finished rolling out its six Lock Screen widgets earlier this week.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-on-youtube\">More on YouTube:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixel Watch review: ABOUT TIME!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xravTup2FPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube is Google&#8217;s latest app to add iPhone and iPad homescreen widgets with one of them in particular providing very convenient shortcuts. \u201cQuick Actions\u201d measures 4\u00d72 and is billed as \u201cthe fastest way to search and browse YouTube.\u201d There&#8217;s a \u201cSearch YouTube\u201d field up top that immediately launches that UI with the keyboard open, while &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/youtube-adds-very-convenient-iphone-homescreen-widgets\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">YouTube adds very convenient iPhone homescreen widgets<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102122,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/googles-ios-16-lock-screen-widgets-are-now-available\/","url_meta":{"origin":98483,"position":0},"title":"Google&#8217;s iOS 16 lock screen widgets are now available","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Google's iOS 16 lock screen widgets are officially available. 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