EmberAdd an Ember widget to your Home Screen
- On your phone's Home Screen, touch and hold an empty area or widget until the apps jiggle.
- Tap the + (plus) icon in the corner to open the widget library, then search and select Ember.
- Choose a widget size and tap Add Widget.
- 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.
Add Widget
Choose an Ember widget for the Home Screen.
Widgets
Touch and hold an Ember widget, then drag it to the Home Screen.Choose a contact
Pick who this widget keeps warm
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).
Enable Lock Screen widgets (iOS)
- To show Ember information on your iOS Lock Screen, navigate to Settings in the Ember app.
- Find and toggle on Lock Screen widgets.
- Go to your iOS Lock Screen, long-press, tap Customize, select Lock Screen, and drag the Ember widget into the active widget slot.
Use the Keeper AI and Quote widgets
Recent Ember versions add two more Home Screen choices alongside reminders, contacts, and warmth widgets:
- Keeper AI widget: shows a relationship suggestion from your Today summary and opens the related Keeper action.
- Quote widget: shows a changing relationship or reflection quote and opens that quote in Ember.
- Widget content refreshes from the latest data prepared by the app. Open Ember if a newly added widget has not populated yet.
“Care grows in the small moments you choose not to miss.”
“Care grows in the small moments you choose not to miss.”
The Keeper AI widget uses the latest available Today summary; adding the widget does not itself generate a new AI summary.
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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.