Orange and Sosh subscribers now have an improved way to monitor their mobile usage directly from their iPhone’s home screen or lock screen. The carrier has recently updated its iOS widgets, a long-awaited enhancement. While there have been improvements, it’s not yet perfect.
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Orange Updates Its iOS Widgets for Better Usage Tracking
In recent days, the Orange et moi and MySosh apps have rolled out an enhanced version of their iOS widgets. Available in two sizes, these widgets provide a quick glimpse of remaining data and any extra charges. In either a single or double box version, they offer one-click access to the internet usage page of your plan.
So, this isn’t exactly a new feature, but rather a much-needed update for widgets that previously had a significantly annoying flaw. For years, whenever any extra charges were detected, such as after a call to a premium rate number, the widget would stop displaying recent data usage. Similarly, if you had add-ons like Netflix included in your plan, once the charge was processed, it was treated as “extra charges” by the widget, obscuring the remaining data. This was a source of frustration for many subscribers, especially since this glitch was well-known among Orange users. It took a long time for this issue to be finally fixed.
One Bug Replaces Another: Clunky Display on Some iPhones
While this update resolves a fundamental problem, it introduces another. On some iPhones, particularly if you’ve altered the default text size on your device, the updated widget fails to display text properly: cutting off numbers, truncating words… As a result, the interface looks sloppy and gives the impression of being unfinished. Naturally, we hope a fix will be issued soon, but given the delays on the last update, expectations are somewhat low.
Red by SFR Offers a Better-Calibrated Widget
On the competitive front, some are performing better in terms of display. The widget provided by Red by SFR is a bit more refined: it displays data clearly, without cutting off words or numbers, and remains perfectly legible even on smaller displays. Admittedly, the text becomes smaller if you change the default text size on your iPhone, but at least everything is well-spaced, well-calibrated, and free of display bugs, at least for those who only need data information.