No iOS widget

[JDRoberts]

@Automated_House Pointed out in another thread that it is Apple that has changed the behavior of widgets, so that most regular widgets now do open their app. Annoying. But It is smartthings that made the decision to cut the number of scenes on a widget from 8 to 4.

ST App 1.6.67 Voiceover Fails

This could come into play as SmartThings inks more and more multi-tenant deals and IoT as an appliance preventative maintenance service. This means you have tenants and service employees that have to use the app for their life/job. If Samsung HQ were paying attention they would get this sorted out ASAP before there is someone that requires voiceover in the SmartThings app to do their job. https://blog.smartthings.com/roundups/smartthings-and-entrata-make-property-managers-and-residents-lives-easier-with-new-integration/ This is Apple’s fault. The June 2021 app update moved from the “old” iOS widgets to new iOS 14 widgets. They’re nice because they can be placed on the home screen instead of only the Today View, but one big limitation is that interacting with them requires launching the…

The alternative is to use Siri shortcuts for apps that support shortcuts, but unfortunately, smartthings does not. shortcuts are nice because you can add them to the home screen and you can add them to an Apple Watch. And they don’t have to open the app.

If you have an IFTTT pro subscription, IFTTT does work with webhooks, so you can make it work that way although it’s annoying.

Use Siri to Run IFTTT Applets

You should also be able to use the webhook method with webcore, I just don’t personally know how to do that.

The point is once you can get a shortcut created in iOS, you can add a widget-like button for that on your home screen or add it to your Apple Watch.

I know that feels like way more trouble than it’s worth. If you contact smartthings support about widgets, ask them to add iOS shortcuts as an alternative.