New Widgets and Notification Center
Widgets are a popular trend across all Apple devices this year. First, iOS 14 introduced widgets to the iPhone’s Home screen, which was a big deal for everyone who asked for this feature. The Mac also got a new set of widgets this year thanks to Big Sur, although they’re more similar to the iPad’s widgets than the iPhone’s.
If you go to your Notification Center, that is, if you click the clock on the top right corner of your screen, you’ll see a list of your notifications followed by a list of your widgets.
First, you’ll notice that the Notification Center got a new design as well. Now your notifications will be grouped, just like what you see on your iPhone. You’ll also be able to make some quick actions to your notifications right from the Notification Center.
Just below that, you’ll see a list of widgets available. By default, you should see a bunch of widgets that you didn’t add, but if you scroll down and click on Edit Widgets, you’ll see all the widgets you have available on your MacBook.
Customizing the order of widgets is as simple as clicking and dragging them to where you want them. You can also add new widgets and choose from three different sizes.
As of right now, we mostly have first-party widgets, but as other developers start to work on Big Sur, we should see more third-party widgets available on the App Store.