{"id":205365,"date":"2022-10-17T12:05:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T10:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=205365"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:23:17","slug":"youtube-home-widgets-to-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/youtube-home-widgets-to-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube rolls out handy homescreen widgets to iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YouTube is the latest of Google\u2019s apps to <strong>roll out new homescreen widgets<\/strong> to iPhone and iPad users. Users have already noted how handy these widgets are, with one in particular that makes <strong>accessing YouTube<\/strong> on your mobile device even more effortless.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"YouTube\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/be7a5fb2-96d6-11e6-943b-00163ec9f5fa\/1671650451\/youtube-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">YouTube<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAd<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/iphone\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u2018Quick Actions\u2019 YouTube <strong>widget measures only 4&#215;2<\/strong>, making it a manageable size. However, its features are what have users excited. With this widget, you <strong>have a search field<\/strong> that enables you to immediately search YouTube for content. Tapping in the search field will bring up your keyboard so you can type your query. Alternatively, you can also tap on the microphone icon to launch a voice lookup. Just below the search field, you\u2019ll also have buttons to take you <strong>directly to your YouTube Home, Shorts, or Subscription<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you prefer having smaller widgets that don\u2019t take up too much space on your screen, they have you covered. There\u2019s also <strong>a smaller 2&#215;2 YouTube widget<\/strong> available that just allows a quick text-based search. Both of these widgets can have either a white or black background, depending on your system settings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/YouTube-rolls-out-handy-homescreen-widgets-to-iPhone.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube rolls out handy homescreen widgets to iPhone\" class=\"wp-image-205367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/YouTube-rolls-out-handy-homescreen-widgets-to-iPhone.jpg 739w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/YouTube-rolls-out-handy-homescreen-widgets-to-iPhone-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/YouTube-rolls-out-handy-homescreen-widgets-to-iPhone-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/YouTube-rolls-out-handy-homescreen-widgets-to-iPhone-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These widgets for iPhone and iPad have slowly been rolling out <strong>over the last two weeks<\/strong>. However, they only became live with the release of YouTube version 17.40.5 on Saturday, October 15th. As such, users should see them <strong>available in their widget settings<\/strong> once they\u2019ve updated their YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the <strong>first major drop of iOS widgets<\/strong> from Google since they released the Inbox from Gmail, XL iPad options by Drive, and Translate shortcut widgets at the beginning of the year. There\u2019s no denying that the release of these<strong> convenient shortcuts<\/strong> will make it even easier for iOS users to use and access YouTube straight from their home screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other news, you should start <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.en.softonic.com\/articles\/hit-records-in-youtube-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"hearing hit records in more YouTube videos\">hearing hit records in more YouTube videos<\/a> soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube is the latest of Google\u2019s apps to roll out new homescreen widgets to iPhone and iPad users. Users have already noted how handy these widgets are, with one in particular that makes accessing YouTube on your mobile device even more effortless. The \u2018Quick Actions\u2019 YouTube widget measures only 4&#215;2, making it a manageable size. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/youtube-home-widgets-to-iphone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;YouTube rolls out handy homescreen widgets to iPhone&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9221,"featured_media":205368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2355],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-205365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionyoutube"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323031,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205365\/revisions\/323031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205365"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=205365"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=205365"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=205365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}