The Apple Sports app finally adds widgets for tracking scores and schedules

The Apple Sports app has finally added widgets, a long-requested feature. Users can now build their own custom widgets to follow the teams and organizations of their choosing, allowing them to quickly check scores, statistics, and upcoming matches. The widgets are available on iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, and they operate in addition to the pre-existing Live Activities tool, which delivers live sports updates directly to the iPhone lock screen and the Apple Watch. Apple has also announced that users can now schedule Live Activities in advance for upcoming events. The app is also expanding to eight new countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and has added new organizations to follow throughout these regions, mostly related to soccer. Additionally, the app recently started offering tennis scores and shareable game cards. This update comes as part of the latest iOS 26 release, which brings a new visual theme, an updated camera app, AI tools, and more to iPhones.