Get to know iOS 8: Customize your Notification Center with handy new widgets<article>
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Among iOS 8's many new features are some cool ways to let you interact with your apps without actually having to open them. Interactive notifications are one example, and another is the brand-new widgets available in Notification Center. Apple is a little late to this game—Android has had widgets for years, and users can put them right on their home screens—but at least what we have is both elegant and functional.</p><p>
Getting started takes a little bit of setup, but once you have it down you will be relying less on the grid of icons and swiping right into your favorite widget for quickly accessing what you need. Even though iOS 8 has only been out a few days there are already several great widgets, so be sure to keep your apps updated so you'll have access to widgets as developers roll them out. The only problem you may run into is managing such a long scroll of them once you find all the ones you like.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2686117/get-to-know-ios-8-customize-your-notification-center-with-handy-new-widgets.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Get to know iOS 8: Customize your Notification Center with handy new widgets
