No more Classic Widgets

[Exeterwayne]

I’ve notice with iOS 18 that the classic widgets are no longer working. I found this to be very useful especially the Google Maps Public Transport Times widget. Now I have to actually unlock my phone and load the Maps app to check my bus times. 😢😢

Edit (Pic of missing widgets)

 

[Cookie285]

Yep, noticed this as well, the section is completely removed from home and lock screen. I still have been using the iConnectHue Widget for ages since they only recently started with the native ones. It was time but still bummer

 

[Tammster]

Yep, noticed this as well, the section is completely removed from home and lock screen. I still have been using the iConnectHue Widget for ages since they only recently started with the native ones. It was time but still bummer

That's exactly the same classic widget I used too. I replaced it with the home widget and selected a few selections.

 

[ReliableSource]

I was dreading the day it happened. Launcher worked great from the today view, but now their widgets have to jump you into the Launcher app before it can complete whatever the shortcut was, and I hate it.

RIP today view widgets

 

[HouseLannister]

Yoink was my last classic widget. Oh well.

 

[redbeard331]

Yea this sucks, the old widgets were better, you could collapse them and they were interactive.

 

[adrianlondon]

Lost the Logitech Harmony widget. A nice interactive widget, that was.

As Logitech have discontinued their remote controls, there'll never be an updated widget (or app, for that matter). Pity.

Edit: You will be missed:

 

[crookadile]

I’ve lost my Agenda+ widget. Bummer.

 

[redpandadev]

Lost the Logitech Harmony widget. A nice interactive widget, that was.

As Logitech have discontinued their remote controls, there'll never be an updated widget (or app, for that matter). Pity.

Edit: You will be missed:

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A possible alternative is to run https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-harmony in HomeBridge, which effectively emulates Harmony as a HomeKit compatible TV. You can then use shortcuts / Home widgets to achieve similar. Only downside is that you need an always-on device to run Homebridge on.

 

[adrianlondon]

A possible alternative is to run https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-harmony in HomeBridge, which effectively emulates Harmony as a HomeKit compatible TV. You can then use shortcuts / Home widgets to achieve similar. Only downside is that you need an always-on device to run Homebridge on.

I don't have homebridge, although as I have no Apple home hub either it may not solve this particular issue.

For (money grabbing?) reasons, Apple's Home widgets don't work without a home hub.

 

[gank41]

Was really a fan of ETA's old style widgets and not at all a fan of their new style. I wonder how many other apps I'll stop using because of iOS changes?

 

[Shirasaki]

I just notice it when I want to check my real time internet speed. So few apps show this and Vidget was one of my absolute favourites. Recently switched to Traffic monitor but they have no support for new style either.

Now that iOS 18 formally discontinues old widgets, I don’t know…time to develop my own? And these feature removals to me is far more important than new features added: what’s gone and what’s the impact. YET, no mainstream tech media ever bother, ever. Nor do all tech YouTubers I know of.

 

[Strokee23]

This really hurts for a lot of widgets, particularly sports widgets. The legacy widgets allowed for near-real-time score updates. Most "new" sports widgets either only show news, or show an individual score which updates periodically (every 5-15 minutes). You have to stack multiple widgets for all of your teams/sports. ESPN doesn't even have a new widget, it only has the legacy widget. The widget allows you to choose your favorite teams from multiple sports, which you can expand to show. IMHO, the legacy widgets look better, too.

Why not give consumers and developers the option to choose a new widget, legacy widget or both? Why is Apple so hell bent on reducing choice/options and shoving "their way" down peoples' throats?

Frustrating.

 

[Allwordzaremadeup]

This really hurts for a lot of widgets, particularly sports widgets. The legacy widgets allowed for near-real-time score updates. Most "new" sports widgets either only show news, or show an individual score which updates periodically (every 5-15 minutes). You have to stack multiple widgets for all of your teams/sports. ESPN doesn't even have a new widget, it only has the legacy widget. The widget allows you to choose your favorite teams from multiple sports, which you can expand to show. IMHO, the legacy widgets look better, too.

Why not give consumers and developers the option to choose a new widget, legacy widget or both? Why is Apple so hell bent on reducing choice/options and shoving "their way" down peoples' throats?

Frustrating.

I never understood why ESPN never updated their widget.

 

[Paddle1]

This really hurts for a lot of widgets, particularly sports widgets. The legacy widgets allowed for near-real-time score updates. Most "new" sports widgets either only show news, or show an individual score which updates periodically (every 5-15 minutes). You have to stack multiple widgets for all of your teams/sports. ESPN doesn't even have a new widget, it only has the legacy widget. The widget allows you to choose your favorite teams from multiple sports, which you can expand to show. IMHO, the legacy widgets look better, too.

Why not give consumers and developers the option to choose a new widget, legacy widget or both? Why is Apple so hell bent on reducing choice/options and shoving "their way" down peoples' throats?

Frustrating.

They probably want Live Activities to be used for sports scores.

 

[gwhizkids]

There are signs that Tapatalk has had problems under iOS 18, which is apparently a problem with Tapatalk, not with iOS 18 or the MacRumors forum software.

You can post here if you know more about the problem, workarounds, or solutions.

I never understood why ESPN never updated their widget.

They probably want Live Activities to be used for sports scores.

It‘s never as simple as it seems. Although there may be some competitive things in play with Apple on this, it’s equally likely that they just don’t want to keep expending resources to maintain the ecosystem for the legacy widgets. In Apple’s mind, I think, SwiftUI is the wave of the future and how they want to proceed. It takes time, money and engineering resources to keep up legacy systems.

Plus, the legacy widgets “Today” screen is valuable real estate and Apple may have something else in mind to occupy that space.