The reason Apple calls this one a «smart» case is that it shows up on
your Today widget screen.
Not exact matches
Once you have set it up, you can check your balances in the app login
screen, in
Today Notifications, 3D Touch for iPhones, in Android
Widgets and even on your Apple Watch.
A Glance is just a status
screen for an app on your phone, much like the app
widgets on the
Today screen of an iPhone.
Android used to have this feature with its lock
screen widget system, but that was removed back in the Lollipop days, so there's nothing quite like iOS 10's «
Today View» feature anymore.
iOS 10 features a redesigned Lock
screen with 3D - touch enabled notifications that offer up more information, a more easily accessible camera, and a new
widgets screen that houses
widgets formerly located in the
Today section of the Notification Center.
With iOS 10, Apple opened Siri and iMessages to developers, and there are customizable
widgets available for the
Today screen.
If you've customized the
Today View
widgets, this
screen will be familiar.
With iOS 8, Apple finally lets developers write their own
widgets for use in the
Today tab of the Notification Center or on the lock
screen.
On iOS, the
widget is accessible from the «
Today» view on the lock
screen, Homescreen, and in Notification Center, while on Android it's a homescreen
widget.
I find it really helpful for 4x1
widgets, which is a common size from years past when home
screen grids were only 4x4, but looks out of place on
today's 5x5 home
screens.
As discovered by 9to5Mac, it looks as though
widgets are being moved from the Notification Centre «
Today» view and instead taking up residence in the Spotlight search
screen.
Sure, the home
screens support
widgets, but this is a far cry from what you'll find on practically any Android phone shipping
today.
Notification Center: You can now slide right from the lock
screen to pull up your
Today's
Widget view that was previously only accessible after you unlocked the device.
A better
Today with
widgets: iOS 10 splits the
Today view — that list of upcoming appointments and headlines, which come from the News app — from sharing a
screen with Notifications Center.
This is thanks to two things — new Favorites
widget and the
Today view on the Lock
screen.
Google has updated Chrome to add two new
widgets for the
Today screen, and drag and drop support for iPad.
It also has a microphone button on the leftmost Apple
Today «
widget»
screen.
Widgets will be available in the
Today tab in Notification Center as well as on the lock
screen.
While home
screen widgets still haven't been added to Apple's mobile platform in iOS 8, the latest version of Apple's iPhone and iPad OS does finally add
widget support to the
Today view in Apple's Notification Center.