Only five months until iOS17 which looks like lots of widget improvements according to this article. Will Monzo maintain this back-pedalling by continuing to have no widgets?
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Are there any other banks at the moment doing widgets? Apple Card doesnāt count
Iām not aware of any, even in the Fintech space. My theory for this is (and I am no developer) is that itās a combination of it actually requiring a lot of work to support the data transfer from the application to the widget and not really being worth the hassle for the 10% of people who would actually use it.
That and the fact that it would almost certainly require the rebuilding of APIās because Apple isnāt a bank and therefore Open banking wouldnāt really apply here.
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It would be almost laughably trivial for Monzo (or any other bank) to do a modern iOS widget.
They have simply chosen not to. Monzo donāt bother with OS-specific niceties any more.
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Dunno about that, donāt they still have separate iOS and Android teams?
Of course - but they donāt take advantage of OS specific features. I mean Christ how long did it take them to do dark mode.
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Iād be extremely pleased to have Shortcuts support, but that will never happen.
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Confirmed iOS 18 will drop legacy widgets, and since thereās no modern Monzo widget weāll have no way to check our balance quickly.
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Thereās no wallet widget for balance, itās only offering an Apple Pay order tracking.
There is on iOS 18. Youāre still iOS 17 if you arenāt seeing it.
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