iOS 14 trend: Here's how everyone's changing app icons on their iPhone home screen - CNET

You can finally customize the look and size of your iPhone apps with the help of the Widgetsmith and Shortcuts apps.

The iPhone's ($699 at Amazon) home screen has looked just about the same since the very first iPhone, with app icons perfectly lined up in rows, all the same size.

That's finally changed with the new iOS 14 update, which lets you customize the way your apps look, give them completely different names and change their size and color.

Customizing your iPhone screen is becoming a sudden trend, as it's a huge change for iPhone users who are just now able to experiment with their home screens in new ways -- without rooting the device or running skins and launchers.

Read on for two ways to customize your iPhone's screen, with help from a widget app.

Where it says Home Screen Name and Icon, rename the shortcut to anything you'd like.

You no longer have to look at rows of apps on your iPhone anymore.

Here's how to change up your home screen view using an app.

In the app, select the size of the widget you'd like to customize -- your options are small, medium and large.

Go to your home screen and hold and press down on an app.

Select the widget size you'd like to add to your home screen and tap Add Widget!

Now your home screen has different sized icons for a customized look. .

Note that at this time, you can only customize the following apps: Weather (with a premium subscription), Calendar, World Time, Reminders, Health, Astronomy, Tides (with a premium subscription) and Photos.

Check out how to customize your Smart Stack (the new widget on your iPhone) and everything that changed on your iPhone home screen and how to use them.