How to change featured photos in iPhone Photos widget?

If you are wondering how to add photos to iPhone home screen, this process is extremely practical with iOS 15. With the widget that you can add to the iPhone home screen, you can create a photo window on the home screen of your iPhone.

Home screen widgets are quite versatile tools. You can even include reminders, calendars, and photos in home widgets.

Apple has a Photos function that makes random selections from your photo library. However, considering you have thousands of photos, this may not be a good situation. You can only use a specific photo or a selection of your favorite photos.

How to add photos to iPhone home screen step by step?

You can manage the process of adding photos to iPhone Home screen with the Widgetsmith app. The Widgetsmith app allows you to create widgets based on templates. You can organize a single photo or an album with this app.

After downloading the Widgetsmith app, open the app and go to Settings > Permissions to give access to Photos.
When you go to the Widgets tab, you will see that the app has templates ready for small, medium and large widgets. Tap "Add widget" to create a new widget. Next, select a widget you want to edit.
Once again, tap the widget preview from the middle of the screen.
Then, on the "Style" tab, go to the "Custom-Custom" section. Here you will see two options. Photos and photos from the album.
If you want to add a single photo, go to the "Photo" option.
Tap the "Selected photo" tab and go to "Select photo" here.
Then, browse your library and select a photo.
After selecting the photo, tap the "Back" button to return to the widget preview.
If you want to select an album, choose the "Photo from album" option.
Then, in the "Selected album" section, select an album that you want to feature on your home screen. To return to the widget preview screen, tap the "Back" button.

Here you can rename the widget if you want. To save the name, tap the "Save" button. Then select the "Save" button once more to save the widget.

Now that you have created the photo widget, it is time to add it to the home screen.

Go where you want to add a widget to the homepage of the iPhone and tap and hold the home screen until the home screen enters edit mode (where icons start flickering).

Tap the "+" icon in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Here, select the Widgetsmith app.
At this stage, switch to the size of the widget you created above (small, medium, or large) and tap the "add widget" button.
Now, you will see the Widgetsmith widget on your home screen. However, it may not show a photo. To edit the widget, tap on it in Juggle mode.
Go to "Widget" from the menu.
Here, switch to the widget you created in the section above.

Now, you will see your photos or photos on the widget. You can move the Widget anywhere on the home screen. To exit edit mode, swipe up from the homepage bar and press the home button.

That's it... You just managed to add photos to the iPhone home screen...