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How to use Smart Stack to show ‘timely’ widgets on your Apple Watch

Previously we’ve looked at how to add widgets in watchOS 10.  Now let’s look at how to use Smart Stack to show timely widgets on an Apple Watch.

Previously we’ve looked at how to add widgets in watchOS 10.  Now let’s look at how to use Smart Stack to show timely widgets on an Apple Watch.

The Smart Stack is a set of widgets that uses information such as the time, your location, and your activity to automatically display the most relevant widgets at the appropriate time in your day. For example, at the beginning of the day, Weather will show the forecast or, when you’re traveling, the Smart Stack will show boarding passes from Wallet.

To open the Smart Stack:

° Press the Digital Crown to show the watch face if it isn’t showing.

° Turn the Digital Crown to scroll down until you see widgets.

° Scroll to the widget you want to use, then tap it to open its associated app.

To add, remove, rearrange widgets: 

The Smart Stack includes a default set of widgets, which you can manually add, remove, and rearrange. Just scroll down from the watch face, touch and hold the Smart Stack, then do any of the following:

° Add a widget: Tap +, then tap a featured widget or tap an app that appears below All Apps. Some apps offer more than one widget.

° To remove a widget, tap remove “-.”

° To Pin and unpin widgets: Tap the thumbtack icon on the right side of the widget. The pinned widget appears below the last pinned widget in the Smart Stack. To move that widget to the top of the stack, unpin widgets above it by tapping the thumbtack on the right side of each widget.

° Tap Done when you’re finished editing the Smart Stack.

(This how-to is based on my experiences and info on Apple’s support pages — where the images sometimes come from.)

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.