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How do I add an app to suggestions on my iPhone?

Published in iPhone App Management 3 mins read

Adding an app to suggestions on your iPhone typically involves managing the apps that appear in your Siri Suggestions widget or other dynamic app suggestion areas. You can customize which apps are eligible to be displayed in these suggestions.

Steps to Manage App Suggestions

To control which apps appear in your iPhone's suggestions, particularly within the Siri Suggestions widget, follow these straightforward steps:

  1. Locate the App Row: On your iPhone, find a section or widget that displays an "app row" with suggestions, often the Siri Suggestions widget on your Home Screen or Today View.
  2. Tap "More": Scroll to the very end of this app row. You will see an option labeled "More." Tap on it to expand the suggestion options.
  3. Select "Edit": In the top-right corner of the expanded view, tap "Edit." This will put the suggestions section into an editable mode.
  4. Toggle Apps: Under the "Suggestions" section, you will see a list of apps. To "add" an app to your suggestions (meaning to make it eligible to appear), ensure its toggle switch is ON (green). If you want to prevent an app from appearing in suggestions, toggle it OFF.
Step Action Description
1 Navigate to Suggestions Find the app row, typically in the Siri Suggestions widget.
2 Tap "More" Scroll to the end of the app row and tap "More."
3 Select "Edit" In the top-right corner, tap "Edit."
4 Toggle Apps On/Off Turn the toggle ON for apps you wish to include in suggestions.

Understanding iPhone App Suggestions

iPhone app suggestions are powered by Siri Intelligence, which learns your usage patterns, location, time of day, and other contextual information to predict which app you might want to use next. These suggestions can appear in various places:

  • Siri Suggestions Widget: A customizable widget you can add to your Home Screen or Today View, offering quick access to frequently used or contextually relevant apps. This is where the manual toggle described above is most applicable.
  • App Library: When you swipe all the way to the right on your Home Screens, the App Library organizes your apps into categories. At the top, there's a "Suggestions" folder that automatically updates based on your usage.
  • Spotlight Search: When you pull down from the middle of the Home Screen to activate Spotlight Search, Siri often presents app suggestions before you even start typing.

While Siri intelligently learns and suggests apps automatically in the App Library and Spotlight, the direct control over which apps are eligible for the customizable suggestions (like those in the Siri Suggestions widget) is managed through the "More" and "Edit" options in the app row. By ensuring an app's toggle is "on" under the Suggestions section, you allow Siri to include it in its recommendations when relevant.