Slack introduces iPhone widgets to make work more inescapable

Slack introduced its first three iPhone and iPad widgets today. | Screenshot: Slack

Today Slack introduced the first four widgets for the iOS version of its mobile app. Three of them are designed for the iPhone’s home screen, while the fourth can be added to the lock screen allowing users to jump immediately into the Slack app after unlocking their device.

The home screen widgets include Catch Up, which provides an at-a-glance look at how many unread messages and mentions a user has without opening the app. It gives a little more detail than the Slack app icon’s badge, and tapping the Catch Up widget takes users directly to that section of the Slack app so they can quickly swipe through conversations they’ve missed.

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