Now that the lid on iOS 14 has been lifted and the software is available as a developer beta for eligible deices, tons and tons of minuscule new features and functionalities are getting discovered by iOS fans thirsty for novelties. As Apple's Craig Federighi usually demonstrates only a couple of important features on stage at WWDC keynotes, the majority of small, but important quality-of-life improvements are up for us, the public, to discover as a collective effort.

We've been playing with iOS 14 for a while and now we're ready to come forward with a handy list of essential iOS 14 tips and tricks to improve your future experience with the new update. Let's go!

iOS 14 tips and tricks: Homescreen and widgets

Ever wondered "How do I add a widget to the iPhone home screen?" Probably not, but now that iOS 14 is adding support for widgets on the home screen, you might have a rpetty good reason to wonder how one adds a widget to the iOS 14 homescreen. Just long-press an icon, select "Edit home screen" in the context menu, then hit the large plus button that would appear in the top left corner of the screen. You will be presented with a list of all your available widgets, including the scrollable smart stack. Tap any of these, then choose your preferred size, and finally hit "Add widget". Then you're free to rearrange the widget on your iOS 14 home screen.

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How to add widgets in iOS 14

Cleaning up your homescreens on iOS 14 will also be extremely simple. Instead of deleting an app, you can send it to the new App Library instead. To do that, long-press the app's icon and hit remove. The contextual menu that pops up will ask you to confirm the deletion or send the app to the App Library instead.

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How to move an app to the App Library"

iOS 14 tips and tricks: Smart stack

Believe it or not, you can easily customize the predefined widget stacks that iOS creates for you. To do that, long-press a widget stack on your iOS 14 homescreen and hit "Edit stack". You will be then presented with a list of all the widgets that comprise the specific stack and are free to rearrange them in any way you want. However, you can't add new widgets to an existing stack in iOS 14 yet; to do that, you have to delete your existing widget stack and then create a new one with the additional iOS 14 widget you might want to have in the new stack.

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How to edit widget Smart Stac

And did you know that you can easily create your own custom widget stack in iOS 14? You totally can, and it's as simple as dragging an existing widget on top of another one.

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How to create your own Smart stack with iOS 14 widgets