If you use OutaStory on Android, you can put it straight on your home
screen. Widgets are an Android-only feature.
The two widgets
Story of the Day shows the story we are featuring today, so you get
a fresh suggestion on your home screen every morning. Tap it to open the
story.
Continue Listening picks up whatever you were last listening to and
gets you back into it without opening the app first and hunting for it.
Each of the two comes in small, medium and large. Small fits into a
row of icons; medium and large give the cover and the title more room.
Pick whatever suits your layout — you can also place more than one.
Adding a widget
Widget placement is handled by Android itself, so the exact wording
varies a little between manufacturers. The usual path is:
- Long-press an empty spot on your home screen.
- Tap Widgets.
- Scroll to OutaStory in the list.
- Drag the widget you want onto your home screen, choosing the size
you prefer.
Once it is placed you can usually resize it by long-pressing it and
dragging its handles, and remove it by dragging it away — again, exactly
like any other Android widget.
Choosing between the two
They answer different questions. Story of the Day is for the moment
when you want something new and have not decided what — one suggestion,
no browsing. Continue Listening is for the moment when you already
know what you want and just need it to start playing.
If you both discover and commute, nothing stops you placing one of each,
in different sizes.
Language
The widgets exist in English and German, and they follow the language
your device is set to. If you switch your phone's system language,
the widget follows on its own; there is no separate setting for it in
OutaStory.
No widgets on other platforms
To be plain about it: there are no OutaStory widgets on iPhone, iPad,
macOS or Windows. Android is the only platform with them today, and we
would rather say so than let you go looking.
On other platforms, the same two jobs are one tap away inside the app
itself — the Story of the Day sits on the home page, and your
continue-listening story is waiting in your library.
Related
- Reading offline is worth pairing
with the Continue Listening widget if you commute. - Apps and platforms explains where
a tap on a widget's story link takes you.