Words widget

The Your Words widget puts one of your saved entries on the Home Screen or Lock Screen, with a new one every hour.

How to add the widget to the Home Screen

1. Touch and hold an empty spot on the Home Screen until the icons jiggle.
2. Tap Edit, then Add Widget.
3. Find PlayLingo and pick a size: small or medium.
4. Tap Add Widget and place it.

How to add the widget to the Lock Screen

1. Lock your iPhone, then touch and hold the Lock Screen.
2. Tap Customize, then choose the Lock Screen.
3. Tap Add Widgets and pick PlayLingo.

On the Lock Screen the widget is a compact rectangle.

The same steps are in the app: Settings → App → Words Widget, or the Words on your home screen banner in the Vocabulary tab.

What the widget shows

Every hour the widget shows a random saved entry of the language you’re learning now. For words and phrases, it may also show pronunciation, part of speech and level; for sentences, the sentence and its translation.

Tap the widget to open Vocabulary in PlayLingo.

Widget options

Touch and hold the widget and tap Edit Widget:

• Show — Everything, Words, Phrases, Sentences or Words and phrases.
• Stages — which practice stages to include: New, Learning, In review, Mastered. By default, Mastered is off, so the widget focuses on words you’re still learning.

Common questions

The widget is empty. Why?

There are no saved entries that match your options. You’ll see a message such as No saved phrases yet or Nothing at the chosen stages yet. Save more words or change Show and Stages. The widget tries again within an hour.

I switched languages. Will the widget follow?

Yes. It shows words of the language that is active in the app.

The Words on your home screen banner is gone. How do I add the widget now?

Use Settings → App → Words Widget — it is always there.