Thessa is a new widget that will let you interact with your Nest Thermostat right from the Today Screen. Without even unlocking your iPhone, simply slide down from the top of screen and see and change your home temperature. The app cleverly displays temperature interval buttons. So it’s easy to change your temp by 1 or 5 degrees. If you have a Nest Thermostat at home, Thessa is a must have widget!

Thessa is just one of our favorite widgets for iPhone and iPad. We’ve collected all of our favorites here. And if you’d like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.

Here are a couple of our other picks of the best widgets for iPhone and iPad:

Musixmatch for iPhone – Know what your music is all about

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Do Button by IFTTT – Do it all right from your Today Screen on iPhone and iPad

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