How can I add a widget to the smart stack in WatchOS 10?

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Whoo hoo! I have a “new” Watch, Series 4! :slight_smile:

My friend in the U.S. upgraded to Series 9 and sent me this one. And it’s still under monthly warranty! I’ll write more about that later.

I basically love it. The display is much nicer. And it supports the latest WatchOS 10.2! My old Series 2 only went as far as WatchOS 6. So I’m learning some more stuff.

My question, though, is about the Smart Stack.

I tried adding Reminders to the Smart Stack by following the instructions here: Use the Smart Stack to show timely widgets on Apple Watch - Apple Support

But, when I then opened the Smart Stack the Reminders widget wasn’t there.

Any idea why?

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It’s a smart stack of widgets. It will show if you have any due or overdue reminders. (That’s the “smart” part. I’m not sure it’s as smart as it could be.)

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There are instructions, though, for adding widgets. And when I follow them I can see and select the available widgets. But they don’t show up when I view the smart stack.

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Do you have overdue reminders? Or any due today? Then, I think, the widget appears. That’s what makes it smart ZZ it doesn’t show if there is nothing to show you - you have no reminders to check off. I don’t use reminders on my watch myself, or want to have it in my widgets, so I can’t tell you for sure. But thats the way the old Siri watch face worked - things showed up only when they were relevant. Same with Smart Stack of widgets on the iPhone, at least in my experience of those.

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Does it help if you pin the Reminders widget? (That kind of defeats the purpose of Smart Stack though; like @ddmiller said, Smart Stack tries to show widgets that are timely and relevant, so Reminders may not show up when there is nothing to show.)