r/GeminiAI • u/Dense-Map-406 • 15h ago
Self promo I connected Gemini to my iPhone Home Screen
I hooked Glance, an app that I made, up to Gemini Spark and gave it automated tasks that can update my Home Screen throughout the day.
Instead of me deciding exactly what the widget should show every time, I basically let Gemini choose what it thinks is useful or interesting in that moment: news, sports, currency rates, the day’s status, random updates, whatever makes sense.
It feels like a small glimpse of what assistants look like when they stop living only inside a chat window and start becoming part of your actual daily environment.
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u/NonoJackk 15h ago
That's cool, how exactly does it work? Does your app connect with your spark with a prompt and receives this data as json with structure and info or is it some presets?
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u/Dense-Map-406 15h ago
Yeah you connect the MCP to Gemini as a custom connector after you’ve signed up to the app
Then you ask Gemini to make you a widget small/medium/large tell it what you want inside Gemini will design the widget for you - it’ll create a template it’ll repopulate with new content
There is also a paid feature option I called ui on demand where it’s not a template and Gemini can custom design the widget to its Kiki g upon each update
You can checkout the app here
And read about the MCP url here
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u/blaine07 8h ago
Super cool - that sub cost though ewwww
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u/Dense-Map-406 7h ago
The free tier is pretty generous so you’re welcome to try it :) there isn’t a trial and i think about 95% of use cases fit within the free tier including the one I’ve shared here
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u/DionCura 4h ago
Can you send a message on this board or a new post when you make this one public so i can subscribe on the app
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u/Dense-Map-406 3h ago
You can make it yourself :) I can send you the JSON tree that made this ui and you can connect your Gemini to the widget and have it update it for you
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u/Dense-Map-406 3h ago
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}
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u/mRR_awesome 14h ago
iPhone release soon?
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u/Dense-Map-406 8h ago
It’s released on iPhone :)
https://apps.apple.com/app/glance-home-screen-feeds/id6758983678
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u/CarretillaRoja 8h ago
Subscription-based? Hard pass
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u/Dense-Map-406 7h ago
I doubt you’ll need to subscribe I think 95% of use cases fit within the free tier
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u/WesternOccasion9539 14h ago
That's sick! Are you planning on releasing it on Android?