Our Widget Wishlist
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Our Widget Wishlist
Widgets are the sort of feature where the summer beta releases of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS don’t quite provide the full picture of what will be possible when those new OS versions launch this fall and third-party apps offer new widgets of their own. So while Federico, John, and I have been enjoying the first-party widgets available in the summer betas, and even a few third-party ones we’ve been able to try, we can’t help but think about the kind of widgets we hope are made available this fall and beyond. Here are some widgets currently on our wishlist.
Castro
As I wrote in the June Monthly Log, I switched to Castro as my podcast client a couple months ago following the debut of iOS 14’s first beta. Until that time I’d been using Apple Podcasts following an extended Overcast stint, but I don’t care for some of the changes to Podcasts in iOS 14. One of my biggest issues has been addressed in the latest beta release, but I’m still happily sticking with Castro for now.