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Home & lock screen widgets

Keep your closest contacts in view directly from your device screens.

Ember supports pinning widgets to track upcoming birthdays, latest interactions, and relationship warmth levels without opening the app.

Add an Ember widget to your Home Screen

  1. On your phone's Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area or widget until the apps jiggle.
  2. Tap the + (plus) icon in the corner to open the widget library, then search and select Ember.
  3. Choose a widget size and tap Add Widget.
  4. To configure, long-press the widget and tap Edit Widget (iOS) or open its settings (Android). On the Choose a contact screen, pick a specific person — or leave it on Automatic (coldest contact) to let the widget show whoever needs tending most.
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Add Widget

Choose an Ember widget for the Home Screen.
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On iPhone, open the widget gallery from the Home Screen, find Ember, and choose the size you want to add.
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Touch and hold an Ember widget, then drag it to the Home Screen.
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On Android, open the Widgets panel, find Ember, then drag the widget onto the Home Screen.
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Choose a contact

Pick who this widget keeps warm

The person picker lets you keep Automatic on or pin one specific contact to the widget.

Each widget pins one contact. You can add multiple widgets to follow several people at once.

What details are shown on widgets?

Ember widgets display crucial relationship metrics at a glance:

- Contact name: The name of the pinned person.

- Upcoming events: Next scheduled birthday, anniversary, or reminder.

- Warmth indicator: A subtle ember flame color depicting how warm the connection is (e.g. glowing orange for active, dark grey for cold).

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Ember widgets sit directly on the iPhone Home Screen with the pinned person, upcoming events, and relationship warmth.
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On Android, Ember widgets also live outside the app and can show upcoming dates, pinned people, and weather context.

Enable Lock Screen widgets (iOS)

  1. To show Ember information on your iOS Lock Screen, navigate to Settings in the Ember app.
  2. Find and toggle on Lock Screen widgets.
  3. Go to your iOS Lock Screen, long-press, tap Customize, select Lock Screen, and drag the Ember widget into the active widget slot.
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iOS Lock Screen widgets can show upcoming dates, close contacts, or a quick voice shortcut.

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Can I perform actions directly from the widget?

Tapping an Ember widget immediately launches the app and opens the details card of that pinned contact.

Does hiding details in Lock Screen settings work?

Yes. Disabling lock screen widgets in Ember settings will hide contact names and event details from showing on your Lock Screen for privacy.