With Home Widget, it’s now possible to control your HomeKit accessories directly from your iPhone’s Home screen. Turn on and off lights or even run automated scenes with the quick push of a button.

Gmail for iOS has been updated, with the biggest new feature being the ability to add a Gmail widget to your home screen. I've tested it, and it works, but that's pretty much all I can say about it.

Maybe I've been too hard on widgets. Ever since they appeared in the macOS X dashboard, I've thought of them as a nuisance – tiny memory hogs that only exist to disappoint me with their limited ...