Add devices to an eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View

To quickly access actions on some eWeLink devices you can add devices to an eWeLink widget on the iOS Today view. This article describes how to do that.

Add the eWeLink widget to the iOS Today View

• Swipe from left to right to get to the most left screen. This is the iOS Today View.
• Scroll to the bottom.
• Tap the Edit button. The iOS Today View will scroll to the top and all widgets will start jiggle.
• Scroll to the bottom again.
• Tap Customize.
• Scroll down to eWeLink-Device Shortcuts with a green button in front of it and tap it to add it.
• To delete the eWeLink widget from the iOS Today View tap the button with the name eWeLink-Device Shortcuts.
• Scroll to the top of the list. Rearrange the order of the widgets if desired by dragging the rearrange icon .
• Tap Done at the upper right corner.
• You can now rearrange widgets more visually by dragging a jiggling widget to the spot where you want to have the widget. You can delete a widget by pressing the gray button at the upper right corner of a widget.
• After rearranging the widgets tap Done at the upper right corner.
• Proceed to the instructions below to add devices to the widgets from within the eWeLink app.

To see a more visual presentation of the instructions above you can watch this video by “Do!” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XR3-K5MQEY It is a generic instruction and thus doesn’t show eWeLink on the lists.

Adding devices to the eWeLink widget

Step 1

• Go to the Profile screen

Got to the “Profile” screen

Step 2

• Scroll a bit to the bottom.
• Tap Widgets.

Tap “Widgets”

Step 3

• In the Device Widgets section you can see the currently configured devices for the eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View.
• Tap Add to manage the devices for the widget.

Tap “Add” to manage the devices for the widget.

Step 4

• Tap on the button in front of a device at the No Device shortcuts created section to add it to the eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View. You can add as many devices as fits on 2 rows on the eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View. This can vary per display size and resolution.
• Tap on the button in front of a device at the Device shortcuts already created section to delete a device from the eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View.
• Drag the rearrange button of a device to change the order of the devices on the eWeLink widget for the iOS Today View.
• Tap Save to save the changes.

Tap a device you want to add to the widget

Tap the delete icon to remove a device from the widget

Drag the rearrange icon to change the order of the devices on the widget

How the eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View look like after configuring

The eWeLink widget on the iOS Today View can have 2 states: a collapsed view and an expanded view. Below are examples of the 2 states. You can toggle between the 2 states by pessing the arrow icon in the upper right corner of the eWeLink widget.

Collapsed state

If enough devices are added an expand arrow will show here. Tap it to expand.

Expanded state

Tap the arrow icon again to collapse.