{"id":263261,"date":"2026-06-03T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/amazon-app-now-takes-you-shopping-straight-from-the-iphones-lock-screen\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:45:12","slug":"amazon-app-now-takes-you-shopping-straight-from-the-iphones-lock-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/amazon-app-now-takes-you-shopping-straight-from-the-iphones-lock-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon app now takes you shopping straight from the iPhone’s lock screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon app now takes you shopping straight from the iPhone’s lock screen<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/amazon-app-now-takes-you-shopping-straight-from-the-iphones-lock-screen\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-03 14:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.digitaltrends.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Opening the Amazon app, tapping the search bar, and finding a product by text or image search: this is how most of us have been using it. However, Amazon thinks that\u2019s too many steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company has rolled out six new visual search features, one of them being the Amazon Lens widget for iPhone. It puts a camera shortcut directly on your iPhone\u2019s lock screen, so you can point it at anything around you and the app finds it before you\u2019ve unlocked the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tShikhar Mehrotra \/ Digital Trends<\/span><\/p>\n

How to add the Amazon Lens widget?<\/h2>\n

Adding the widget is quite straightforward. When unlocked, press and hold the lock screen, and then tap on the Customize button at the bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the lock screen editing mode, hit the \u201cAdd Widgets,\u201d select Amazon from the list of apps, and swipe to find the Amazon Lens widget. Tap or drag it to your lock screen, and that\u2019s it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can also add Amazon\u2019s existing Search and Orders widget alongside the Lens widget. Fair warning: this will turn your lock screen into an Amazon shopping panel for finding products, running text-based searches, and tracking deliveries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Electronics,<\/p>\n

\t\tShikhar Mehrotra \/ Digital Trends<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the need for a lock screen shopping widget?<\/h2>\n

The need isn\u2019t obvious, until you think about and understand how the concept of impulsive shopping works. When you spot something you want, you have a narrow window before distraction takes over. Either you forget about it or you get enough time to contemplate whether you actually need it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even if you stay motivated, the process of unlocking your phone, opening Amazon, finding the product, includes several steps. There are chances that you might change your mind mid-way, costing Amazon a potential sale. That is where the lock screen widget earns its place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It shortens the buying process to a single tap, one doesn\u2019t even require unlocking your phone. The entire point of the wizard is to make sure Amazon…<\/p>\n

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