Banks are becoming more digital and more accessible to everyone. Proof of this is the BBVA and the practice modality focused on the elderly. We can find others within this digital banking. interesting utilities in the form of a widget.

And precisely, BBVA presents relevant information to the user through its widget, without the need to enter the application. In this article we tell you everything BBVA has to offer without having to enter the appon both Android and iPhone mobile phones.

Configure the app and widget first

The first thing, as it may seem obvious, is to download the BBVA app, which you can download for free from Google Play (Android) and the App Store (iOS). Once you have it and login with your credentials, enable widget in app settings. To do this, simply click on the three lines in the upper right. AdjustmentThen Vehicle and make sure you have the option enable widget actually active.

Once you get this, it’s time add widget to home screen our mobile. Inside iPhone We just have to keep our finger pressed on an empty part of the screen so the screen starts to ‘flick’, we have to press on it. + top left and then look for BBVA widgets available in two sizes. It should be noted that you must have iOS 14 or later.

this The process on Android is similar, Depending on the Android version, the gesture to add the widget may vary. It may be good to hold your finger down on an empty part of the screen or to zoom out with two fingers (pincer style). Next, you have to search for the widgets section and find BBVA there.

Information provided by the BBVA widget on Android and iPhone

Since we already have the widget on the screen of our mobile, we can see that it does not give excessive data, but gives enough data. have a preview of our accounts and activities without having to enter the application. In case of large widget on both Android and iOS we can see the total money in all our accounts as well as the latest movements and data on our savings/investments and finances.

Now there are some Minor differences between iOS and Android widgets. And in the case of the iPhone, you can have a smaller widget (4×2) where we see information about money in accounts, savings/investment and finances. That is, the same as the big one, but without the list of recent moves made.

Another important difference is found with Regarding the privacy of the widget. While on iOS the data is shown without any censorship, on Android we have to press an eye-shaped icon for money-related amounts to appear. In any case, in both cases, it is fully visible only by unlocking the mobile, so we must be careful when lending the mobile to another person and we do not want them to know this data.

As a final difference between the widgets of both systems, say: We find specific shortcuts on Android To access certain content of the application. We see that we can access the global position, recommended products, transfers and ATMs by simply clicking on the text. On iOS, on the other hand, it doesn’t matter where we click, as the application will always open in the global location.

It can be said that data is not updated in real time, money in all our accounts as reflected below. This section specifies the date and time the information was refreshed, and in many cases requires us to log in and out of the app to see the updated data again.

That’s why, and at least at the time of publishing this post, that’s all the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (yes, BBVA) widget has to offer us. Not really little, because a overview of the most important dataWhile it is true that some customization options can be applied that allow us to configure other data we want to see. In the future it will be necessary to see if the entity changes it.